A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... short Diodon - The Sea Porcupine - The Lump- sucker - The Sea Snail - The Pipe - Fish - The Hippocampus -The Galley Fish CHAP . VIII .-- PART II . 88 Of Bony Fishes in general - Apodal Fishes - The Eel - The Conger - The Netted Eel ...
... short Diodon - The Sea Porcupine - The Lump- sucker - The Sea Snail - The Pipe - Fish - The Hippocampus -The Galley Fish CHAP . VIII .-- PART II . 88 Of Bony Fishes in general - Apodal Fishes - The Eel - The Conger - The Netted Eel ...
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... short legs , which naturalists introduce to our notice , is the Auk , of which there are about twelve species . The whole tribe is distinguished peculiarly by the form of the bill , which is strong , convex , compressed at the sides ...
... short legs , which naturalists introduce to our notice , is the Auk , of which there are about twelve species . The whole tribe is distinguished peculiarly by the form of the bill , which is strong , convex , compressed at the sides ...
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... short for flight . The bird is also a very bad walker , but swims and dives well . It is , however , observed by seamen , that it is never seen out of soundings , so that its appearance serves as an infallible direction to land . It ...
... short for flight . The bird is also a very bad walker , but swims and dives well . It is , however , observed by seamen , that it is never seen out of soundings , so that its appearance serves as an infallible direction to land . It ...
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... SHORT TAILED TERN . On the sixth of September , 1812 , after a violent northeast storm which inundated the meadows of Schuylkill in many places , numerous flocks of this Tern all at once made their appearance , flying over the watery ...
... SHORT TAILED TERN . On the sixth of September , 1812 , after a violent northeast storm which inundated the meadows of Schuylkill in many places , numerous flocks of this Tern all at once made their appearance , flying over the watery ...
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... short pos- session of the rabbit burrows , and then disappear till April ; they lay one egg , and in a short time the young are fit to be taken . They are then salted and barrelled . During the day they keep at sea fishing , and towards ...
... short pos- session of the rabbit burrows , and then disappear till April ; they lay one egg , and in a short time the young are fit to be taken . They are then salted and barrelled . During the day they keep at sea fishing , and towards ...
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