A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... prey . This extraordinary bird is now chiefly found in America , but was once 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 ...
... prey . This extraordinary bird is now chiefly found in America , but was once 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 ...
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... readers . It is seen with slow - sailing flight hovering over rivers , to prey upon the smaller kinds of fish : it is seen following the ploughman in fallow fields to pick up insects ; and. THE PETRELS .... THE GULL . 17.
... readers . It is seen with slow - sailing flight hovering over rivers , to prey upon the smaller kinds of fish : it is seen following the ploughman in fallow fields to pick up insects ; and. THE PETRELS .... THE GULL . 17.
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... prey . This they accom- plish by forming a circular line , and gradually narrowing the included space , till the fishes are driven within a narrow compass . They then all plunge into the water at once , on a given signal , fill their ...
... prey . This they accom- plish by forming a circular line , and gradually narrowing the included space , till the fishes are driven within a narrow compass . They then all plunge into the water at once , on a given signal , fill their ...
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... prey . The head and neck of this bird are of a sooty blackness , and the body thick and heavy , more inclining in figure to that of the goose than the gull . As soon as the winter approaches , they are seen dispersed along the sea shore ...
... prey . The head and neck of this bird are of a sooty blackness , and the body thick and heavy , more inclining in figure to that of the goose than the gull . As soon as the winter approaches , they are seen dispersed along the sea shore ...
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... prey ; to each one or two fishes , which they will catch most dexterously , as they are falling in the air . " At present , the Corvorant is trained up in every part of China for the same purpose . " It is very pleasant to be- hold with ...
... prey ; to each one or two fishes , which they will catch most dexterously , as they are falling in the air . " At present , the Corvorant is trained up in every part of China for the same purpose . " It is very pleasant to be- hold with ...
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