A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... feeds on worms and insects , which it scoops out of the sand with its bill . The AMERICAN AVOSET differs only in being some- thing larger , and having the neck and breast of a deep cream colour . In Hudson's Bay there is a WHITE AVOSET ...
... feeds on worms and insects , which it scoops out of the sand with its bill . The AMERICAN AVOSET differs only in being some- thing larger , and having the neck and breast of a deep cream colour . In Hudson's Bay there is a WHITE AVOSET ...
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... feed on minute shell - fish , aquatic insects , and on eggs and spawn , that are deposited in the mud . This bird is known on the sea coast as the Stilt , Tilt , or Long Shanks ; and naturalists have unaccountably classed it with the ...
... feed on minute shell - fish , aquatic insects , and on eggs and spawn , that are deposited in the mud . This bird is known on the sea coast as the Stilt , Tilt , or Long Shanks ; and naturalists have unaccountably classed it with the ...
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... line , however , is broken when they seek for food ; but they always appoint one of the number as a watch , whose only employment is to observe and give notice of danger while the rest are feeding . As 4 NATURAL HISTORY .
... line , however , is broken when they seek for food ; but they always appoint one of the number as a watch , whose only employment is to observe and give notice of danger while the rest are feeding . As 4 NATURAL HISTORY .
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... feeding . As soon as this trusty sentinel perceives the remotest appearance of danger , he gives a loud scream , with a voice as shrill as a trumpet , and instantly the whole cohort are upon the wing . The flesh of the old ones is black ...
... feeding . As soon as this trusty sentinel perceives the remotest appearance of danger , he gives a loud scream , with a voice as shrill as a trumpet , and instantly the whole cohort are upon the wing . The flesh of the old ones is black ...
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... feeds on the lump fish and others of the same size ; and is frequent on the coasts of Norway , Greenland , Newfoundland , & c . It lays its eggs close to the seamark . THE RAZORBILL Is not above half the size of the preceding , which it ...
... feeds on the lump fish and others of the same size ; and is frequent on the coasts of Norway , Greenland , Newfoundland , & c . It lays its eggs close to the seamark . THE RAZORBILL Is not above half the size of the preceding , which it ...
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