A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... FIVE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS . IN FIVE VOLUMES . VOL . IV . PHILADELPHIA : THOMAS DESILVER , JR . BOSTON GRAY AND BOWEN . ENTERED according to Act of Congress , in the year 1831 .
... FIVE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS . IN FIVE VOLUMES . VOL . IV . PHILADELPHIA : THOMAS DESILVER , JR . BOSTON GRAY AND BOWEN . ENTERED according to Act of Congress , in the year 1831 .
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... five bearded Cods - The Haddock - The Whiting Pout- The BibThe Poor - The Coal Fish - The Pollock - The Whiting - The Hake - The Ling - The Burbot - The Blenny -The Crested and Viviparous Blenny - The Butterfly Fish- The iv CONTENTS .
... five bearded Cods - The Haddock - The Whiting Pout- The BibThe Poor - The Coal Fish - The Pollock - The Whiting - The Hake - The Ling - The Burbot - The Blenny -The Crested and Viviparous Blenny - The Butterfly Fish- The iv CONTENTS .
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... five feet six inches from tip to tip ; and it is four feet eight inches from tip to tail . The head is round and small , with a large bill , seven inches long , partly red , partly black , and crooked like a bow . The legs and thighs ...
... five feet six inches from tip to tip ; and it is four feet eight inches from tip to tail . The head is round and small , with a large bill , seven inches long , partly red , partly black , and crooked like a bow . The legs and thighs ...
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... five species , six of which are natives of the United States . They are known to the people residing on the sea shore , by the name of Sea Swallows , and some of them are con- founded with the Gulls . Our Great Tern is the same as that ...
... five species , six of which are natives of the United States . They are known to the people residing on the sea shore , by the name of Sea Swallows , and some of them are con- founded with the Gulls . Our Great Tern is the same as that ...
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... five grains . The bill is yellow ; and from the eyes to the bill is a black line . In other respects it almost exactly resem- bles the preceding . The BLACK TERN is of a middle size between the two preceding species . It weighs two ...
... five grains . The bill is yellow ; and from the eyes to the bill is a black line . In other respects it almost exactly resem- bles the preceding . The BLACK TERN is of a middle size between the two preceding species . It weighs two ...
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