A Natural History of the Most Remarkable Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Serpents, Reptiles, and Insects, Volume 2C. and C. Whittingham, 1825 |
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... tail , it begins to bore with its powerful beak , until it discloses the whole internal habitation . It then sends forth a loud cry , upon which the whole insect tribe are thrown into confusion , and run hither and thither seeking for ...
... tail , it begins to bore with its powerful beak , until it discloses the whole internal habitation . It then sends forth a loud cry , upon which the whole insect tribe are thrown into confusion , and run hither and thither seeking for ...
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... tail barred near the end with black . Such are the colours of the Pigeon in its natural state ; and from these simple tints the effects of domesti- cation have produced a variety that words cannot describe , nor even fancy suggest . The ...
... tail barred near the end with black . Such are the colours of the Pigeon in its natural state ; and from these simple tints the effects of domesti- cation have produced a variety that words cannot describe , nor even fancy suggest . The ...
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... tail , and is admired for the loudness of its note , compared with the little body whence it issues . It will carol forth its strains unconcerned during a fall of snow . Even when confined in a cage it has some- times been known to sing ...
... tail , and is admired for the loudness of its note , compared with the little body whence it issues . It will carol forth its strains unconcerned during a fall of snow . Even when confined in a cage it has some- times been known to sing ...
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... tail are marked with slender transverse black lines ; the quill feathers are barred with black and red ; the belly and sides are crossed with narrow dusky and pale reddish brown lines ; the tail is cross- ed with dusky bars ; the throat ...
... tail are marked with slender transverse black lines ; the quill feathers are barred with black and red ; the belly and sides are crossed with narrow dusky and pale reddish brown lines ; the tail is cross- ed with dusky bars ; the throat ...
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... tail , the former being about half an inch , and the latter two inches and a half . This bird , in our climate , has the sweetest song of all others : the notes of other birds are , indeed , louder , and their inflections more ...
... tail , the former being about half an inch , and the latter two inches and a half . This bird , in our climate , has the sweetest song of all others : the notes of other birds are , indeed , louder , and their inflections more ...
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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