The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, Volumes 11-12Edward Hungerford Goddard Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1869 Includes proceedings of the annual general meetings of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. |
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... birds ) . HERE is no class of birds so well known , or so highly appreciated generally , as the third Order of systematic naturalists , the Rasores , or Ground birds ; " Scrapers , " or " Scratch- ers , " as the scientific title may be ...
... birds ) . HERE is no class of birds so well known , or so highly appreciated generally , as the third Order of systematic naturalists , the Rasores , or Ground birds ; " Scrapers , " or " Scratch- ers , " as the scientific title may be ...
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... birds are these . They are all granivorous , though they vary this hard diet with softer or more succulent food , as the seasons and opportunities offer . Their beaks adapted to the food on which they principally subsist , are hard and ...
... birds are these . They are all granivorous , though they vary this hard diet with softer or more succulent food , as the seasons and opportunities offer . Their beaks adapted to the food on which they principally subsist , are hard and ...
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... birds ; I pass on now to describe the four families and their respective species of which this Order is composed . COLUMBIDE ( The Doves ) . It will at once be seen that the Doves occupy an intermediate place between the Perchers and ...
... birds ; I pass on now to describe the four families and their respective species of which this Order is composed . COLUMBIDE ( The Doves ) . It will at once be seen that the Doves occupy an intermediate place between the Perchers and ...
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... birds , making great havoc in the pea fields , and consuming an astonishing amount of grain but while I concede thus much in regard to the injury they do to the farmer , it must not be forgotten on the other hand the essential service ...
... birds , making great havoc in the pea fields , and consuming an astonishing amount of grain but while I concede thus much in regard to the injury they do to the farmer , it must not be forgotten on the other hand the essential service ...
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... bird , this species has been much overlooked by ordinary observers , and confounded with its congener , last ... birds , which at once filled the basket , to the inexpressible disgust of the Arab attendant , whose duty it was 164 On the ...
... bird , this species has been much overlooked by ordinary observers , and confounded with its congener , last ... birds , which at once filled the basket , to the inexpressible disgust of the Arab attendant , whose duty it was 164 On the ...
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