A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Volume 4Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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Page 19
... rest of the body white : the female is entirely brown . It has been called the parasite , from its habits of pursuing the lesser Gulls till they drop their ordure through fear , which this filthy animal catches and devours before it ...
... rest of the body white : the female is entirely brown . It has been called the parasite , from its habits of pursuing the lesser Gulls till they drop their ordure through fear , which this filthy animal catches and devours before it ...
Page 20
... rest of the body white . The WINTER GULL is also very common in all these parts of Europe . The top of the head is white , marked with ob- long dusky spots ; the back and wings ash colour , marked with dusky brown . The jelly - like ...
... rest of the body white . The WINTER GULL is also very common in all these parts of Europe . The top of the head is white , marked with ob- long dusky spots ; the back and wings ash colour , marked with dusky brown . The jelly - like ...
Page 24
... rest of the neck and the belly white : the upper part of the back is glossy black ; the lower parts and the rump are striated with brown and pale gray on the wings there are white bars tipped with black , and the breast is reddish ...
... rest of the neck and the belly white : the upper part of the back is glossy black ; the lower parts and the rump are striated with brown and pale gray on the wings there are white bars tipped with black , and the breast is reddish ...
Page 31
... rest , than for other refreshment . When they have sat in this man- ner for an hour or two , we have heard one of them , with a loud long note , sound a kind of charge , to which the rest punctually attended , and they pursued their ...
... rest , than for other refreshment . When they have sat in this man- ner for an hour or two , we have heard one of them , with a loud long note , sound a kind of charge , to which the rest punctually attended , and they pursued their ...
Page 33
... rest of its kind . The upper parts of the plumage are black , the forehead , chin , and all the under parts white . The BRENT GOOSE is still less than the former , and not bigger than a Muscovy duck , except that the body is long- er ...
... rest of its kind . The upper parts of the plumage are black , the forehead , chin , and all the under parts white . The BRENT GOOSE is still less than the former , and not bigger than a Muscovy duck , except that the body is long- er ...
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Alligator anal fins animal appears ash colour back fin bait belly bill bird boat body bones bottom brown called claws coasts common covered CRAB creature Crocodile danger deep devour dorsal fin DUCK dusky Eels eggs EIDER DUCK England eyes feathers feed feet long female fish fishermen flesh Frog furnished genus gills goose Greenland grows GULL head hundred inches in length inches long inhabitants kind known lakes lateral line legs lizard mackerel manner motion mouth MULTIVALVE neck pectoral fins placed plumage pounds pounds weight prey quadrupeds rays resembles rivers round scales season seen seize seldom Serpent Shark shell shoals shore side silvery skin slender snail Snake sometimes spawn species spermaceti spines spots surface swimming tail taken teeth thick Toad Tortoise tribe upper venomous ventral ventral fins Viper viviparous weighs whale whole wings wound yellow young