A Natural History of the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, Reptiles, and Insects, Volume 2C. and C. Whittingham, 1825 |
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... appears . The whole band then pursue and strike their enemy till they expel him from the place ; darting down on his back , and rising in a perpendicular line with perfect security . The Swallow will also strike at cats while they are ...
... appears . The whole band then pursue and strike their enemy till they expel him from the place ; darting down on his back , and rising in a perpendicular line with perfect security . The Swallow will also strike at cats while they are ...
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Mary Trimmer. are capricious , somewhat like those of a butterfly ; it appears in this country nearly at the same time as the swallow ; and the female lays from four to six white and semitransparent eggs . THE SWIFT . THIS is the largest ...
Mary Trimmer. are capricious , somewhat like those of a butterfly ; it appears in this country nearly at the same time as the swallow ; and the female lays from four to six white and semitransparent eggs . THE SWIFT . THIS is the largest ...
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... appear to have been first brought into Europe about the middle of the fourteenth century , but they are now so commonly bred in our own coun- try , that they may be easily procured . It is also to be found in the woods of Italy and ...
... appear to have been first brought into Europe about the middle of the fourteenth century , but they are now so commonly bred in our own coun- try , that they may be easily procured . It is also to be found in the woods of Italy and ...
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... appear clear , bright , and broad , and reach up to the quills , it is a sure sign of a cock bird : for the white in the wing of the hen is much less , fainter and nar- rower . In spring , too , as we have already mentioned , the breast ...
... appear clear , bright , and broad , and reach up to the quills , it is a sure sign of a cock bird : for the white in the wing of the hen is much less , fainter and nar- rower . In spring , too , as we have already mentioned , the breast ...
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... appear of a cinereous colour , with a mixture of red . The rump is generally white , from whence , by some , it has the name of White - tail ; belly is white , tinged with yellow , dashed faintly with red ; the breast and throat are ...
... appear of a cinereous colour , with a mixture of red . The rump is generally white , from whence , by some , it has the name of White - tail ; belly is white , tinged with yellow , dashed faintly with red ; the breast and throat 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