Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Том 31829 |
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... taken some eggs from under her , and had himself sat upon them . The eggs were put back , but he soon afterwards took them again . This induced the owner , by way of experiment , to have a nest made , and as many eggs put into it as it ...
... taken some eggs from under her , and had himself sat upon them . The eggs were put back , but he soon afterwards took them again . This induced the owner , by way of experiment , to have a nest made , and as many eggs put into it as it ...
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... taken his circuits , has mounted , and hovered di- rectly over their heads : at last , upon his disappearing , the parent changed her note , and sent forth another cry , which in an instant gave life to the whole trem- bling tribe , and ...
... taken his circuits , has mounted , and hovered di- rectly over their heads : at last , upon his disappearing , the parent changed her note , and sent forth another cry , which in an instant gave life to the whole trem- bling tribe , and ...
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... taken from the woods . In a strong light they appear dazzled , and when exposed to such they seem melancholy and inanimate ; but in the dark they recover all their animation . These birds have a cry not much unlike that of a pea- cock ...
... taken from the woods . In a strong light they appear dazzled , and when exposed to such they seem melancholy and inanimate ; but in the dark they recover all their animation . These birds have a cry not much unlike that of a pea- cock ...
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... taken away . They were hatched in two days , and the hen brought them up perfectly well till they were five or six weeks old . During that time they were constantly kept in an out - house , without be- ing seen by any of the other ...
... taken away . They were hatched in two days , and the hen brought them up perfectly well till they were five or six weeks old . During that time they were constantly kept in an out - house , without be- ing seen by any of the other ...
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... taken to diffuse the heat equally throughout ; and there is but one aperture , just large enough to admit a man stooping . During the first eight days the heat is rendered great ; but during the last eight it is gradually diminished ...
... taken to diffuse the heat equally throughout ; and there is but one aperture , just large enough to admit a man stooping . During the first eight days the heat is rendered great ; but during the last eight it is gradually diminished ...
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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 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.
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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.