A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... wing coverts and outer webs , and ends of the quills , which again are black . The legs are long , and of a bluish gray ... wings , and shaking their half bent legs , as if ready to tumble over , keeping up a continual yelping note . The ...
... wing coverts and outer webs , and ends of the quills , which again are black . The legs are long , and of a bluish gray ... wings , and shaking their half bent legs , as if ready to tumble over , keeping up a continual yelping note . The ...
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... wings , extended , are five feet six inches from tip to tip ; and it is four feet eight inches from tip to tail . The head is round and small , with a large bill , seven inches long , partly red , partly black , and crooked like a bow ...
... wings , extended , are five feet six inches from tip to tip ; and it is four feet eight inches from tip to tail . The head is round and small , with a large bill , seven inches long , partly red , partly black , and crooked like a bow ...
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... wing . The flesh of the old ones is black and hard , though , Dam- pier says , well tasted : that of the young ones is better . But , of all delicacies , the Flamingo's tongue is the most celebrated . In fact , the Roman emperors ...
... wing . The flesh of the old ones is black and hard , though , Dam- pier says , well tasted : that of the young ones is better . But , of all delicacies , the Flamingo's tongue is the most celebrated . In fact , the Roman emperors ...
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... wings , which are too 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 ...
... wings , which are too 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 ...
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... wing ; but as it is a small bird , when it once rises , it can continue its flight with great celerity All the winter these birds are absent , visiting regions too remote for discovery . At the latter end of March , or the beginning of ...
... wing ; but as it is a small bird , when it once rises , it can continue its flight with great celerity All the winter these birds are absent , visiting regions too remote for discovery . At the latter end of March , or the beginning of ...
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