A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... , and shaking their half bent legs , as if ready to tumble over , keeping up a continual yelping note . The nest was built among the thick tufts of grass , of sea- weed , dry grass , and twigs , and raised 2 NATURAL HISTORY .
... , and shaking their half bent legs , as if ready to tumble over , keeping up a continual yelping note . The nest was built among the thick tufts of grass , of sea- weed , dry grass , and twigs , and raised 2 NATURAL HISTORY .
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... keep near the most de- serted and inhospitable shores ; near salt water lakes and swampy islands . When seen by mariners in the day , they always appear drawn up in a long close line of two or three hundred together ; and , as Dampier ...
... keep near the most de- serted and inhospitable shores ; near salt water lakes and swampy islands . When seen by mariners in the day , they always appear drawn up in a long close line of two or three hundred together ; and , as Dampier ...
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... keep at sea fishing , and towards evening re- turn to their young , whom they feed by discharging the contents of the stomach into their mouths . THE STORMY PETREL * Is about the size of a house swallow . The general colour of the ...
... keep at sea fishing , and towards evening re- turn to their young , whom they feed by discharging the contents of the stomach into their mouths . THE STORMY PETREL * Is about the size of a house swallow . The general colour of the ...
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... keep a Swan , unless possessed of a freehold to the value of five marks a year . By a subsequent act , the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment for a year and a day , and a fine at the king's will . At present they are not ...
... keep a Swan , unless possessed of a freehold to the value of five marks a year . By a subsequent act , the punishment for taking their eggs was imprisonment for a year and a day , and a fine at the king's will . At present they are not ...
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... keep- ing together in flocks in the winter , and flying in pairs in summer ; bringing up their young by the water side , and leading them to their food as soon as out of the shell . Their nests are usually built among heath or rushes ...
... keep- ing together in flocks in the winter , and flying in pairs in summer ; bringing up their young by the water side , and leading them to their food as soon as out of the shell . Their nests are usually built among heath or rushes ...
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