A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... body : it re- sembles a truncated cone , or one of the pots which we see placed on chimneys ; on the top it is hollowed out to the shape of the bird , and in that cavity the female lays her eggs , without any lining but the well ...
... body : it re- sembles a truncated cone , or one of the pots which we see placed on chimneys ; on the top it is hollowed out to the shape of the bird , and in that cavity the female lays her eggs , without any lining but the well ...
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... body also are dusky , marked with a few white spots . It is seldom found to the south of Scotland . Of the foreign birds of this species , the CHINESE DIVER is the only animal worth notice . The upper parts of the plumage are of a ...
... body also are dusky , marked with a few white spots . It is seldom found to the south of Scotland . Of the foreign birds of this species , the CHINESE DIVER is the only animal worth notice . The upper parts of the plumage are of a ...
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... body in general mottled , or rather striped , with black and white . The NODDY * is about fifteen inch- es long . The bill is black , and two. * This bird has been long known to navigators , as its appearance at. THE TERN . 13.
... body in general mottled , or rather striped , with black and white . The NODDY * is about fifteen inch- es long . The bill is black , and two. * This bird has been long known to navigators , as its appearance at. THE TERN . 13.
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... body , are white ; the back and wings ash - coloured , the quills dusky , and the tail white . It feeds on the blubber of whales which supplies the reservoir , whence it spouts , with a con- stant stock of ammunition . This oil is ...
... body , are white ; the back and wings ash - coloured , the quills dusky , and the tail white . It feeds on the blubber of whales which supplies the reservoir , whence it spouts , with a con- stant stock of ammunition . This oil is ...
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... body are of a sooty blackness ; and the under part and inner coverts of the wings white . These birds are found in the Isle of Man and the Scilly Isles . In February they take a short pos- session of the rabbit burrows , and then ...
... body are of a sooty blackness ; and the under part and inner coverts of the wings white . These birds are found in the Isle of Man and the Scilly Isles . In February they take a short pos- session of the rabbit burrows , and then ...
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