A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... half in length . The top of the head is black , the rest of the head , neck , and all the other parts of the body white , except the inner scapulars , the middle of the wing coverts and outer webs , and ends of the quills , which again ...
... half in length . The top of the head is black , the rest of the head , neck , and all the other parts of the body white , except the inner scapulars , the middle of the wing coverts and outer webs , and ends of the quills , which again ...
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... half a mile , the exact representation of a long brick wall . This 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 ...
... half a mile , the exact representation of a long brick wall . This 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 ...
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... half , formed of mud , scraped up together , and hardened by the sun , or the heat of the bird's body : it re- sembles a truncated cone , or one of the pots which we see placed on chimneys ; on the top it is hollowed out to the shape of ...
... half , formed of mud , scraped up together , and hardened by the sun , or the heat of the bird's body : it re- sembles a truncated cone , or one of the pots which we see placed on chimneys ; on the top it is hollowed out to the shape of ...
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... half the size of the preceding , which it resem- bles both in form and plumage , except that it has the use of its wings , and lays its egg ( for each of these species lays but one ) on the bare top of a precipice , and fastens it by a ...
... half the size of the preceding , which it resem- bles both in form and plumage , except that it has the use of its wings , and lays its egg ( for each of these species lays but one ) on the bare top of a precipice , and fastens it by a ...
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... half next the point is red , that next the base is blue gray . It has three furrows or grooves impressed in it ; one in the livid part , two in the red . The eyes are fenced with a protuberant skin , of a livid colour ; and they are ...
... half next the point is red , that next the base is blue gray . It has three furrows or grooves impressed in it ; one in the livid part , two in the red . The eyes are fenced with a protuberant skin , of a livid colour ; and they are ...
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