A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... 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 are black . The legs are long ...
... 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 are black . The legs are long ...
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... head adorned with a crest , composed of long feathers , and which curves forward over the bill . This bird inhabits the islands contiguous to Japan . Besides these , there are the PARROQUET and DUSKY AuĂȘ , and some other species of less ...
... head adorned with a crest , composed of long feathers , and which curves forward over the bill . This bird inhabits the islands contiguous to Japan . Besides these , there are the PARROQUET and DUSKY AuĂȘ , and some other species of less ...
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... head and neck ash colour , and the ms bird is common in the north- breast and belly white . ern regions , but dom found in France or England . The RED - THROATED DIVER differs chiefly from the pre- ceding in having the throat and part ...
... head and neck ash colour , and the ms bird is common in the north- breast and belly white . ern regions , but dom found in France or England . The RED - THROATED DIVER differs chiefly from the pre- ceding in having the throat and part ...
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... head , neck , and all the under parts of the body , are white ; the back and wings ash - coloured , the quills dusky , and the tail white . It feeds on the blubber of whales which supplies the reservoir , whence it spouts , with a con ...
... head , neck , and all the under parts of the body , are white ; the back and wings ash - coloured , the quills dusky , and the tail white . It feeds on the blubber of whales which supplies the reservoir , whence it spouts , with a con ...
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... head and all the upper part of the body are of a sooty blackness ; and the under part and inner coverts of the wings white . These birds are found in the Isle of Man and the Scilly Isles . In February they take a short pos- session of ...
... head and all the upper part of the body are of a sooty blackness ; and the under part and inner coverts of the wings white . These birds are found in the Isle of Man and the Scilly Isles . In February they take a short pos- session of ...
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Alligator anal fins animal appears ash colour back fin bait belly bill bird boat body bones bottom brown called claws coasts common covered CRAB creature Crocodile danger deep devour dorsal fin DUCK dusky Eels eggs EIDER DUCK England eyes feathers feed feet long female fish fishermen flesh Frog furnished genus gills goose Greenland grows GULL head hundred inches in length inches long inhabitants kind known lakes lateral line legs lizard mackerel manner motion mouth MULTIVALVE neck pectoral fins placed plumage pounds pounds weight prey quadrupeds rays resembles rivers round scales season seen seize seldom Serpent Shark shell shoals shore side silvery skin slender snail Snake sometimes spawn species spermaceti spines spots surface swimming tail taken teeth thick Toad Tortoise tribe upper venomous ventral ventral fins Viper viviparous weighs whale whole wings wound yellow young