A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... colour . In Hudson's Bay there is a WHITE AVOSET . AMERICAN AVOSET . THIS species from its perpetual clammer and flippancy of tongue , is called by the inhabitants Cape May , the Lawyer . I found these birds , as well as the Long ...
... colour . In Hudson's Bay there is a WHITE AVOSET . AMERICAN AVOSET . THIS species from its perpetual clammer and flippancy of tongue , is called by the inhabitants Cape May , the Lawyer . I found these birds , as well as the Long ...
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... colour ; and they are gray or ash coloured . The Puffin , like all the rest of this kind , has its legs thrown so far back , that it can hardly move without tum- bling . This makes it rise with difficulty , and subject to many falls ...
... colour ; and they are gray or ash coloured . The Puffin , like all the rest of this kind , has its legs thrown so far back , that it can hardly move without tum- bling . This makes it rise with difficulty , and subject to many falls ...
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... colour ; the tips of the lesser quill feathers , and all the under parts of the plumage are white . They accompany the auk in its visits to the northern shores , and are such foolish birds that they will not quit the rock , though they ...
... colour ; the tips of the lesser quill feathers , and all the under parts of the plumage are white . They accompany the auk in its visits to the northern shores , and are such foolish birds that they will not quit the rock , though they ...
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... colour , generally spotted with some black spots or strokes . It flies high and well . The IMBER is less than the preceding , but still larger than a goose . The upper parts of the plumage are in general dusky ; the under parts silvery ...
... colour , generally spotted with some black spots or strokes . It flies high and well . The IMBER is less than the preceding , but still larger than a goose . The upper parts of the plumage are in general dusky ; the under parts silvery ...
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... colour spot- ted with white ; the head and neck ash colour , and the ms bird is common in the north- breast and belly white . ern regions , but dom found in France or England . The RED - THROATED DIVER differs chiefly from the pre ...
... colour spot- ted with white ; the head and neck ash colour , and the ms bird is common in the north- breast and belly white . ern regions , but dom found in France or England . The RED - THROATED DIVER differs chiefly from the pre ...
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