A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... frequent , in the winter , on most of the seacoasts of Europe , as well as in the fens of Lincolnshire , Cambridge , & c . in England . It feeds on worms and insects , which it scoops out of the sand with its bill . The AMERICAN AVOSET ...
... frequent , in the winter , on most of the seacoasts of Europe , as well as in the fens of Lincolnshire , Cambridge , & c . in England . It feeds on worms and insects , which it scoops out of the sand with its bill . The AMERICAN AVOSET ...
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... 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 resem- bles both in form and plumage , except that it has ...
... 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 resem- bles both in form and plumage , except that it has ...
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... frequently to fly on board ships , and is taken with the hand . But though it be thus stupid , it bites the fingers severely , so as to make it unsafe to hold it . It is said to breed in the Bahama Islands . MARSH TERN . THIS new ...
... frequently to fly on board ships , and is taken with the hand . But though it be thus stupid , it bites the fingers severely , so as to make it unsafe to hold it . It is said to breed in the Bahama Islands . MARSH TERN . THIS new ...
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... Frequent- ly the person who is in the highest situation holds another man suspended by a rope , and directs his ... frequently suffer by a giddiness with which they are seized , on beholding themselves suspended from this tremendous ...
... Frequent- ly the person who is in the highest situation holds another man suspended by a rope , and directs his ... frequently suffer by a giddiness with which they are seized , on beholding themselves suspended from this tremendous ...
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... frequently weighs about ten pounds . The Wild Goose is supposed to breed in the northern parts of Europe ; and , in the beginning of winter , to de- scend into more temperate regions . If they come to the ground by day , they range ...
... frequently weighs about ten pounds . The Wild Goose is supposed to breed in the northern parts of Europe ; and , in the beginning of winter , to de- scend into more temperate regions . If they come to the ground by day , they range ...
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