A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... female lays her eggs , without any lining but the well cemented mud that forms the sides of the building . She always lays two eggs , and no more ; and , as her legs are immoderately long , she straddles on the nest , while her legs ...
... female lays her eggs , without any lining but the well cemented mud that forms the sides of the building . She always lays two eggs , and no more ; and , as her legs are immoderately long , she straddles on the nest , while her legs ...
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... female is entirely brown . It has been called the parasite , from its habits of pursuing the lesser Gulls till they drop their ordure through fear , which this filthy animal catches and devours before it drops into the water . The ...
... female is entirely brown . It has been called the parasite , from its habits of pursuing the lesser Gulls till they drop their ordure through fear , which this filthy animal catches and devours before it drops into the water . The ...
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... female is less splendid ; and they differ in another respect , viz . that the male has a very full and large crest , the female only the rudiment of one . It is common on the shores of the United States as well as in Europe . THE SMEW ...
... female is less splendid ; and they differ in another respect , viz . that the male has a very full and large crest , the female only the rudiment of one . It is common on the shores of the United States as well as in Europe . THE SMEW ...
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... female has no crest ; the sides of the head red ; the wings of a dusky ash colour ; the throat is white . In oth- er respects it agrees with the male . The MINUTE MERGANSER is still less than the smew . The head is slightly crested ...
... female has no crest ; the sides of the head red ; the wings of a dusky ash colour ; the throat is white . In oth- er respects it agrees with the male . The MINUTE MERGANSER is still less than the smew . The head is slightly crested ...
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... female assist in forming it with great assiduity . The Swan lays seven or eight white eggs , one every other day , much larger than those of a goose , with a hard , and some- times a tuberous shell . It sits six weeks before its young ...
... female assist in forming it with great assiduity . The Swan lays seven or eight white eggs , one every other day , much larger than those of a goose , with a hard , and some- times a tuberous shell . It sits six weeks before its young ...
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