A Natural History of the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, Reptiles, and Insects, Volume 2C. and C. Whittingham, 1825 |
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Page 11
... animal insensible of its unfortunate situation : it is the scenery of the um- brageous grove or rural landscape , the golden break of day , the fluttering from branch to branch , the soar- ing in the air , or the answering of its young ...
... animal insensible of its unfortunate situation : it is the scenery of the um- brageous grove or rural landscape , the golden break of day , the fluttering from branch to branch , the soar- ing in the air , or the answering of its young ...
Page 12
... animal bears to her young is sometimes manifested at a very early period , and even before she is capable of becoming a mother . The common food of the young Larks is worms and insects ; but after they are grown up they live chiefly on ...
... animal bears to her young is sometimes manifested at a very early period , and even before she is capable of becoming a mother . The common food of the young Larks is worms and insects ; but after they are grown up they live chiefly on ...
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... circular border of the lower mandible , is there modified as on a row of teeth , while the con- cavity of the upper mandible reflects it like a palate : hence the animal does not utter a whistling sound ,. BIRDS ... 41 .
... circular border of the lower mandible , is there modified as on a row of teeth , while the con- cavity of the upper mandible reflects it like a palate : hence the animal does not utter a whistling sound ,. BIRDS ... 41 .
Page 42
Mary Trimmer. hence the animal does not utter a whistling sound , but a full articulation . The tongue , which ... animals . THE PARROQUET . THIS bird has a longer tail than 42 NATURAL HISTORY .
Mary Trimmer. hence the animal does not utter a whistling sound , but a full articulation . The tongue , which ... animals . THE PARROQUET . THIS bird has a longer tail than 42 NATURAL HISTORY .
Page 45
... animal can raise or let fall at pleasure ; the neck is of a pale reddish brown ; the breast and belly are white , and , in the young ones , are marked with various dusky lines , pointing downwards ; the back , scapular , and wings , are ...
... animal can raise or let fall at pleasure ; the neck is of a pale reddish brown ; the breast and belly are white , and , in the young ones , are marked with various dusky lines , pointing downwards ; the back , scapular , and wings , are ...
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anal fins animal appears ash colour bait beautiful bill bird black spots blue body breast and belly breed brown caught chiefly claws coasts common covered crest CRESTED GREBE dark dorsal fin duck dusky edges England eyes feed female lays fish flesh flocks frequently Gannet gills goose gray green half hatched head holes inches in length inches long inhabits insects islands JACK SNIPE kind Lapwing lateral line lays four legs Lincolnshire lour male mandible membrane middle mouth native neck nest nostrils orange colour ounces pale pectoral fins placed plumage pounds prey quill feathers rays reddish resembles rivers round season seen seize seldom shell shores sides silvery skin slender sometimes species surface Surinam swallow Sword Fish tail teeth thick throat TITMOUSE tongue transverse trees tribe upper ventral fins weighs White Stork wings winter worms yellow young