A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... Manner of fishing for Flat Fish - The Sting Ray - The Torpedo - The Sea Devil -The Sea Eagle - The Lamprey - The Sturgeon - The Ising- glass Fish - The Angler - The Diodon , or Sun Fish - The oblong and short Diodon - The Sea Porcupine ...
... Manner of fishing for Flat Fish - The Sting Ray - The Torpedo - The Sea Devil -The Sea Eagle - The Lamprey - The Sturgeon - The Ising- glass Fish - The Angler - The Diodon , or Sun Fish - The oblong and short Diodon - The Sea Porcupine ...
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... manners . The TARRACK and the KITTIWAKE GULLS also so nearly resemble each other , that some authors affirm the latter to be only the Tarrack in a state of perfection . The head , neck , belly , and tail of the Kittiwake are of a snowy ...
... manners . The TARRACK and the KITTIWAKE GULLS also so nearly resemble each other , that some authors affirm the latter to be only the Tarrack in a state of perfection . The head , neck , belly , and tail of the Kittiwake are of a snowy ...
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... manner as to support him in a sitting posture . The rope is held by five or six persons on the top , and it slides upon a piece of wood , which is laid so as to project beyond the precipice . By means of this apparatus , the man is ...
... manner as to support him in a sitting posture . The rope is held by five or six persons on the top , and it slides upon a piece of wood , which is laid so as to project beyond the precipice . By means of this apparatus , the man is ...
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... manners and appetites entirely resemble those of the di- It feeds upon fish , for which it dives ; it is said to build its nest upon trees , like the heron and the cor- vorant . ver . The DUN DIVER is less than the gooseander . The up ...
... manners and appetites entirely resemble those of the di- It feeds upon fish , for which it dives ; it is said to build its nest upon trees , like the heron and the cor- vorant . ver . The DUN DIVER is less than the gooseander . The up ...
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... manners with the gooseander . The RED - BREASTED MERGANSER is still smaller , weighing only two pounds . The head and neck are black , glossed with green ; the rest of the neck and the belly white : the upper part of the back is glossy ...
... manners with the gooseander . The RED - BREASTED MERGANSER is still smaller , weighing only two pounds . The head and neck are black , glossed with green ; the rest of the neck and the belly white : the upper part of the back is glossy ...
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