Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Том 31829 |
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... shore by the tide : where they were picked up by a boy , who carried them to Eastbourn for sale . It has long been a received opinion among sportsmen , as well as among naturalists , that the female Partridge has none of the bay ...
... shore by the tide : where they were picked up by a boy , who carried them to Eastbourn for sale . It has long been a received opinion among sportsmen , as well as among naturalists , that the female Partridge has none of the bay ...
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... shore , he welcomed me with the same compliments , which he reserved for me alone , and never bestowed upon others . The Trumpeter is easily tamed , and always becomes attached to its benefactor . When bred up in the house , it loads ...
... shore , he welcomed me with the same compliments , which he reserved for me alone , and never bestowed upon others . The Trumpeter is easily tamed , and always becomes attached to its benefactor . When bred up in the house , it loads ...
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... shore , swallows it , and returns to his fishing . Heron - hawking was formerly a favourite diversion in this kingdom ; and a penalty of twenty shillings was in- curred by any person taking the eggs of this bird . Its flesh was also in ...
... shore , swallows it , and returns to his fishing . Heron - hawking was formerly a favourite diversion in this kingdom ; and a penalty of twenty shillings was in- curred by any person taking the eggs of this bird . Its flesh was also in ...
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... shores tame and gentle , and no way distrustful of mankind . If one of them was killed , the rest of the flock , instead of attempt- ing to fly , only regarded the fall of their companion with a kind of fixed astonishment : another and ...
... shores tame and gentle , and no way distrustful of mankind . If one of them was killed , the rest of the flock , instead of attempt- ing to fly , only regarded the fall of their companion with a kind of fixed astonishment : another and ...
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... shore she instantly darted into the water , and having kept him at bay for a considerable time with her wings , at last succeeded in drowning him ; after which , in the sight of several persons , she returned to her nest in triumph ...
... shore she instantly darted into the water , and having kept him at bay for a considerable time with her wings , at last succeeded in drowning him ; after which , in the sight of several persons , she returned to her nest in triumph ...
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afterwards anal fins animals appear bait belly bill birds Bittern body breed Brit brown Cassowary catch caught coasts colour common Common Pheasant covered Crocodile deposit DESCRIPTION devour distance dorsal fin Ducks Edible Frog eggs Electrical Eel eyes feathers feed feet female fins fish flesh flocks four frequently Frog goose Greek Tortoise ground hatched head hundred inches inhabitants insects islands jaws killed Lapwing legs length Linn.-Le Linnæus Lizard male mandible months mouth nearly neck nest Ostrich oviparous Partridge pectoral fins Pelecan Pheasant Plate plumage pond pounds prey rivers season seen seize seldom Shark shell shoals shore side skin slender snake sometimes soon spawn species spots spring surface swallow swim SYNONYMS tail taken thick Toad toes trees tribe Turtles upper usually voracious weight WHITE STORK whole wings winter worms young young-ones Zool
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Страница 96 - ... as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose...
Страница 166 - WITCH. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and...
Страница 96 - When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace, or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill : in short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea...
Страница 51 - Most people have, one time or other, seen a partridge run, and consequently must know that there is no man whatever able to keep up with it ; and it is easy to imagine that if this bird had a longer step, its speed would be considerably augmented. The ostrich...
Страница 141 - March last, when it was enough awakened to express its resentments by hissing; and, packing it in a box with earth, carried it eighty miles in post-chaises. The rattle and hurry of the journey so perfectly roused it, that when I turned it out on a border, it walked twice down to the bottom of my garden: however, in the evening, the weather being cold, it buried itself in the loose mould, and continues still concealed.
Страница 219 - The aggressor was of the black kind, six feet long; the fugitive was a water snake, nearly of equal dimensions. They soon met, and in the fury of their first encounter, they appeared in an instant firmly twisted together; and whilst their united tails beat the ground, they mutually tried with open jaws to lacerate each other.
Страница 315 - THE electric organs of the torpedo are placed on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage, which divides the thorax from the abdomen...
Страница 276 - I spake to you formerly, that keeps tame Otters, that he hath known a Pike in extreme hunger, fight with one of his Otters for a Carp that the Otter had caught, and was then bringing out of the water.