An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature, Volume 5F. Wingrave, successor to Mr. Nourse, in the Strand, 1791 |
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... furnished with fewer organs ftill ; whilft infects , more im- perfect than all , feem to fill up the chafin that separates animal from vegetable nature . Of man , the most perfect animal , there are but three or four fpecies ; of ...
... furnished with fewer organs ftill ; whilft infects , more im- perfect than all , feem to fill up the chafin that separates animal from vegetable nature . Of man , the most perfect animal , there are but three or four fpecies ; of ...
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... furnished with a gland behind , containing a pro- per quantity of oil , which can be preffed out by the bird's bill , and laid fmoothly over every fea- ther that wants to be dreffed for the occafion . This gland is fituated on the rump ...
... furnished with a gland behind , containing a pro- per quantity of oil , which can be preffed out by the bird's bill , and laid fmoothly over every fea- ther that wants to be dreffed for the occafion . This gland is fituated on the rump ...
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... furnished with fo large a stock of this fluid as those birds that refide in the open air . The feathers of an hen , for inftance , are pervious to every fhower ; on the contrary , fwans , geefe , ducks , and all fuch as Nature has ...
... furnished with fo large a stock of this fluid as those birds that refide in the open air . The feathers of an hen , for inftance , are pervious to every fhower ; on the contrary , fwans , geefe , ducks , and all fuch as Nature has ...
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... furnished with quills , which differ from the common feathers only in their fize , being larger , and also from their springing from the deeper part of the fkin , their fhafts lying almoft close to the bone . The beards of thefe quills ...
... furnished with quills , which differ from the common feathers only in their fize , being larger , and also from their springing from the deeper part of the fkin , their fhafts lying almoft close to the bone . The beards of thefe quills ...
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... furnished with holes that convey founds to the auditory ca- nal . It is true , indeed , that the horned owl , and one or two more birds , feem to have ex- ternal ears ; but what bears that refemblance are only feathers fticking out on ...
... furnished with holes that convey founds to the auditory ca- nal . It is true , indeed , that the horned owl , and one or two more birds , feem to have ex- ternal ears ; but what bears that refemblance are only feathers fticking out on ...
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afferts affiduity againſt alfo almoſt alſo animal beak beautiful bill birds of prey breed caffowary CHAP clafs claſs climate cock colour defcribed diſtance diſtinguiſhed domeftic eagle eaſily eggs encreaſe faid falcon fame feafon feathers fecurity feed feems feen feize feldom female ferves feven fhort fide firft firſt fize fkin fleſh flight fome fometimes foon forefts fpecies ftill ftomach ftrong fubftances fuch fufficient fummer fupply furniſhed fwallowed greateſt hatched hawk head herſelf hiſtory horned owl inches infects itſelf largeſt lefs legs leſs live male moft moſt muſt nature neck neft nouriſhment obferved occafions oftrich pleaſure plumage poultry kind prey purfuit purpoſes purſue quadrupedes rapacious reft reſembles ſeaſon ſee ſeems ſeen ſhe ſhort ſhould ſkin ſmall ſmaller ſome ſpecies ſtate ſtill ſuch tail thefe birds themſelves theſe birds thofe thoſe toes tribe ufually uſe uſually vulture wings young