A Natural History of the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, Reptiles, and Insects, Volume 2C. and C. Whittingham, 1825 |
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... Duck ... 76 Linnet Eider Duck ........... 74 Long - legged Plover 112 Marbled Guillemot .. Flamingo 95 Martin ....... 64 18 ལྕ་ྲུ མཻ ཎྜ ⪜ = ཙཨྰཿ ཀྰ ཙ ཋ 62 44 29 107 Ortolan .......... Parroquet ....... 43 Parrot . 41 Passenger Pigeon.
... Duck ... 76 Linnet Eider Duck ........... 74 Long - legged Plover 112 Marbled Guillemot .. Flamingo 95 Martin ....... 64 18 ལྕ་ྲུ མཻ ཎྜ ⪜ = ཙཨྰཿ ཀྰ ཙ ཋ 62 44 29 107 Ortolan .......... Parroquet ....... 43 Parrot . 41 Passenger Pigeon.
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... duck ; the upper parts of the body are of a dark brown colour inclining to black , except the tips of some of the wing feathers which are white ; all the under parts of the body are likewise white . The tail is about two inches long ...
... duck ; the upper parts of the body are of a dark brown colour inclining to black , except the tips of some of the wing feathers which are white ; all the under parts of the body are likewise white . The tail is about two inches long ...
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... duck , its edge is upwards .. It is of a triangular figure , and ending in a sharp point ; the upper chap bent a little downward , where it is joined to the head : and a certain callous substance encompasses its base , as in parrots ...
... duck , its edge is upwards .. It is of a triangular figure , and ending in a sharp point ; the upper chap bent a little downward , where it is joined to the head : and a certain callous substance encompasses its base , as in parrots ...
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... The St. Kildans sometimes take them by fas- tening a herring to a plank , and setting it afloat . The bird swoops down , and breaks its neck by its vio- lence . THE EIDER DUCK . THE Eider Duck is about twice BIRDS . 73.
... The St. Kildans sometimes take them by fas- tening a herring to a plank , and setting it afloat . The bird swoops down , and breaks its neck by its vio- lence . THE EIDER DUCK . THE Eider Duck is about twice BIRDS . 73.
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Mary Trimmer. THE EIDER DUCK . THE Eider Duck is about twice the size of the com- mon English Duck . It has a black cylindrical bill , and the feathers of the forehead and cheeks advance far into the base . In the male , the feathers of ...
Mary Trimmer. THE EIDER DUCK . THE Eider Duck is about twice the size of the com- mon English Duck . It has a black cylindrical bill , and the feathers of the forehead and cheeks advance far into the base . In the male , the feathers of ...
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