A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... larger , and having the neck and breast of a deep cream colour . In Hudson's Bay there is a WHITE AVOSET . AMERICAN AVOSET . THIS species from its perpetual clammer and flippancy of tongue , is called by the inhabitants Cape May , the ...
... larger , and having the neck and breast of a deep cream colour . In Hudson's Bay there is a WHITE AVOSET . AMERICAN AVOSET . THIS species from its perpetual clammer and flippancy of tongue , is called by the inhabitants Cape May , the ...
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... larger than The bill of the Flamin- Their time of breeding is according to the climate in which they reside : in North America they breed in sum- mer ; on the other side of the line they take the most fa- vourable season of the year ...
... larger than The bill of the Flamin- Their time of breeding is according to the climate in which they reside : in North America they breed in sum- mer ; on the other side of the line they take the most fa- vourable season of the year ...
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... larger than a goose . The upper parts of the plumage are in general dusky ; the under parts silvery white . It is very common in the Orkneys . The skins of both these species are so remarkably tough , that in some of the northern ...
... larger than a goose . The upper parts of the plumage are in general dusky ; the under parts silvery white . It is very common in the Orkneys . The skins of both these species are so remarkably tough , that in some of the northern ...
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... larger than the Her- ring Gull , but resembles it in most other respects . The SILVERY GULL is the same size as the Herring Gull , and not much different in plumage and manners . The TARRACK and the KITTIWAKE GULLS also so nearly ...
... larger than the Her- ring Gull , but resembles it in most other respects . The SILVERY GULL is the same size as the Herring Gull , and not much different in plumage and manners . The TARRACK and the KITTIWAKE GULLS also so nearly ...
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... larger sort of goose ; but when seen smoothly gliding along the water , displaying a thousand graceful attitudes , and moving at pleasure with- out the smallest apparent effort , there is not a more beau- tiful figure in all nature . In ...
... larger sort of goose ; but when seen smoothly gliding along the water , displaying a thousand graceful attitudes , and moving at pleasure with- out the smallest apparent effort , there is not a more beau- tiful figure in all nature . In ...
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