A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... season of the year . They build their nests in extensive marshes , and where they are in no danger of a surprise . The nest is not less curious than the animal that builds it : it is raised from the surface of the pool about a foot and ...
... season of the year . They build their nests in extensive marshes , and where they are in no danger of a surprise . The nest is not less curious than the animal that builds it : it is raised from the surface of the pool about a foot and ...
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... season happens to be stormy and tempestuous , and the sea troubled , the unfortunate voyagers undergo incredible hardships ; and they are found , by hundreds , cast away upon the shores , lean and perished with famine . The Puffin ...
... season happens to be stormy and tempestuous , and the sea troubled , the unfortunate voyagers undergo incredible hardships ; and they are found , by hundreds , cast away upon the shores , lean and perished with famine . The Puffin ...
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... season . But of this dangerous sport a more particular description will perhaps be acceptable to the reader . Those who have been upon the British coasts know that there are two dif- ferent kinds of shores ; that which slopes towards ...
... season . But of this dangerous sport a more particular description will perhaps be acceptable to the reader . Those who have been upon the British coasts know that there are two dif- ferent kinds of shores ; that which slopes towards ...
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... season . During their sitting , each bird has a space allotted to it , in rows of wicker pens placed one above another ; and it is said that the gozzard , or gooseherd , who has the care of them , drives the whole flock to water twice a ...
... season . During their sitting , each bird has a space allotted to it , in rows of wicker pens placed one above another ; and it is said that the gozzard , or gooseherd , who has the care of them , drives the whole flock to water twice a ...
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... seasons have been so numerous , on the coasts of Piccardy , as to become a pest to the inhabitants . CANADA GOOSE . THIS is the common Field Goose of the United States , universally known over the whole country ; whose regu- lar ...
... seasons have been so numerous , on the coasts of Piccardy , as to become a pest to the inhabitants . CANADA GOOSE . THIS is the common Field Goose of the United States , universally known over the whole country ; whose regu- lar ...
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