A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... tribe is distinguished peculiarly by the form of the bill , which is strong , convex , compressed at the sides , in general crossed with several furrows , and in some degree resembling the coulter of a plough . THE GREAT AUK Is the size ...
... tribe is distinguished peculiarly by the form of the bill , which is strong , convex , compressed at the sides , in general crossed with several furrows , and in some degree resembling the coulter of a plough . THE GREAT AUK Is the size ...
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... tribe , which are all distinguished by an angular knob on the chap . Gulls are found in great plenty in every place ; but it is chiefly round the rockiest shores that they are seen in the greatest abundance : it is there that the Gull ...
... tribe , which are all distinguished by an angular knob on the chap . Gulls are found in great plenty in every place ; but it is chiefly round the rockiest shores that they are seen in the greatest abundance : it is there that the Gull ...
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... tribes are continually vora- cious , continually preying . These lead more harmless lives the weeds on the surface of the water , or the in- sects at the bottom , the grass by the bank , or the fruits and corn in cultivated grounds ...
... tribes are continually vora- cious , continually preying . These lead more harmless lives the weeds on the surface of the water , or the in- sects at the bottom , the grass by the bank , or the fruits and corn in cultivated grounds ...
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... tribe ; it can do nothing more than hiss , which it does on receiving any provocation . In these respects it very different from the wild or whistling Swan . is The beautiful bird is as delicate in its appetites as it is elegant in its ...
... tribe ; it can do nothing more than hiss , which it does on receiving any provocation . In these respects it very different from the wild or whistling Swan . is The beautiful bird is as delicate in its appetites as it is elegant in its ...
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... tribe , we may rank , as natives of Europe , the EIDER DUCK , which is double the size of a common Duck , with a black bill ; the VELVET DUCK , not so large , and with a yellow bill ; the SCOTER DUCK , or BLACK DIVER , with a knob at ...
... tribe , we may rank , as natives of Europe , the EIDER DUCK , which is double the size of a common Duck , with a black bill ; the VELVET DUCK , not so large , and with a yellow bill ; the SCOTER DUCK , or BLACK DIVER , with a knob at ...
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Alligator anal fins animal appears ash colour back fin bait belly bill bird boat body bones bottom brown called claws coasts common covered CRAB creature Crocodile danger deep devour dorsal fin DUCK dusky Eels eggs EIDER DUCK England eyes feathers feed feet long female fish fishermen flesh Frog furnished genus gills goose Greenland grows GULL head hundred inches in length inches long inhabitants kind known lakes lateral line legs lizard mackerel manner motion mouth MULTIVALVE neck pectoral fins placed plumage pounds pounds weight prey quadrupeds rays resembles rivers round scales season seen seize seldom Serpent Shark shell shoals shore side silvery skin slender snail Snake sometimes spawn species spermaceti spines spots surface swimming tail taken teeth thick Toad Tortoise tribe upper venomous ventral ventral fins Viper viviparous weighs whale whole wings wound yellow young