A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... known on the sea coast as the Stilt , Tilt , or Long Shanks ; and naturalists have unaccountably classed it with the genus Plover . - Wilson . THE COURIER Is an Italian bird , somewhat less than the avoset , the bill is shorter ...
... known on the sea coast as the Stilt , Tilt , or Long Shanks ; and naturalists have unaccountably classed it with the genus Plover . - Wilson . THE COURIER Is an Italian bird , somewhat less than the avoset , the bill is shorter ...
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... known on all the coasts of Europe . It is still occasionally met with on the shores of the Mediter- ranean . Its beauty , its size , and the peculiar delicacy of its flesh , have been such temptations to destroy or take it , that it has ...
... known on all the coasts of Europe . It is still occasionally met with on the shores of the Mediter- ranean . Its beauty , its size , and the peculiar delicacy of its flesh , have been such temptations to destroy or take it , that it has ...
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... three foot , six inches in length . The bill. INCLUDES about seven species . The great NORTHERN DIVER , OF LOON , * weighs sixteen pounds , and measures * This bird has been long known to navigators ,. 10 NATURAL HISTORY .
... three foot , six inches in length . The bill. INCLUDES about seven species . The great NORTHERN DIVER , OF LOON , * weighs sixteen pounds , and measures * This bird has been long known to navigators ,. 10 NATURAL HISTORY .
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... 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 of Eu- rope . The Lesser Tern is also the same in both countries ...
... 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 of Eu- rope . The Lesser Tern is also the same in both countries ...
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... in general mottled , or rather striped , with black and white . The NODDY * is about fifteen inch- es long . The bill is black , and two. * This bird has been long known to navigators , as its appearance at. THE TERN . 13.
... in general mottled , or rather striped , with black and white . The NODDY * is about fifteen inch- es long . The bill is black , and two. * This bird has been long known to navigators , as its appearance at. THE TERN . 13.
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