A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... easily distinguished from all other birds by the form of its bill , which is very thin , slender , and bends considera- bly upwards . The SCOOPING AVOSET is about the size of the lapwing , or eighteen inches long ; the bill is three ...
... easily distinguished from all other birds by the form of its bill , which is very thin , slender , and bends considera- bly upwards . The SCOOPING AVOSET is about the size of the lapwing , or eighteen inches long ; the bill is three ...
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... easily . * THE AUK . THE first European bird of the web - footed fowls with short legs , which naturalists introduce to our notice , is the Auk , of which there are about twelve species . The whole tribe is distinguished peculiarly by ...
... easily . * THE AUK . THE first European bird of the web - footed fowls with short legs , which naturalists introduce to our notice , is the Auk , of which there are about twelve species . The whole tribe is distinguished peculiarly by ...
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... easily provi- ded for ; wherever there is water there seems to be plen- ty . All the other web - footed tribes are continually vora- cious , continually preying . These lead more harmless lives the weeds on the surface of the water , or ...
... easily provi- ded for ; wherever there is water there seems to be plen- ty . All the other web - footed tribes are continually vora- cious , continually preying . These lead more harmless lives the weeds on the surface of the water , or ...
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... easily shot . When in good order , the Wild Goose weighs from ten to fourteen pounds , and is estimated to yield half a pound of feathers . It is domesticated in numerous quar- * ters of the country , and is remarked for B6 THE DUCK ...
... easily shot . When in good order , the Wild Goose weighs from ten to fourteen pounds , and is estimated to yield half a pound of feathers . It is domesticated in numerous quar- * ters of the country , and is remarked for B6 THE DUCK ...
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... civilized life . The birds were all living , and in Mr. Platt's possession , a year ago , and had shown no disposition whatever to leave him . - Wilson . THE TAME DUCK Is the most easily reared of all 36 NATURAL HISTORY .
... civilized life . The birds were all living , and in Mr. Platt's possession , a year ago , and had shown no disposition whatever to leave him . - Wilson . THE TAME DUCK Is the most easily reared of all 36 NATURAL HISTORY .
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