Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... carried off , by the thirteenth day . The " Ousel Cock " may be thought too common to require notice ; and yet some of our readers may not be aware that , glorying in its prodigality of voice and revelling in its mimicry , it has been ...
... carried off , by the thirteenth day . The " Ousel Cock " may be thought too common to require notice ; and yet some of our readers may not be aware that , glorying in its prodigality of voice and revelling in its mimicry , it has been ...
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... carry off his pencils , little chip - boxes in which he occasionally kept insects , and other similar objects , and tear them to pieces in a minute . Their mode of operation was first to peck a little hole , into which they inserted ...
... carry off his pencils , little chip - boxes in which he occasionally kept insects , and other similar objects , and tear them to pieces in a minute . Their mode of operation was first to peck a little hole , into which they inserted ...
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... carried the spoonful of milk , of which beverage it was so fond , that it would perch on the hand that held the spoon , without manifesting the least fear . Every now and then it would rise to the ceiling and bring down a fly every time ...
... carried the spoonful of milk , of which beverage it was so fond , that it would perch on the hand that held the spoon , without manifesting the least fear . Every now and then it would rise to the ceiling and bring down a fly every time ...
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... carry him , aye , and merrily too . Thus Bechstein prints no less than twenty - four lines of words — some of them rare sesquipedalities - as expressive of the nightingale's song . " Twenty - four different strains or couplets , " says ...
... carry him , aye , and merrily too . Thus Bechstein prints no less than twenty - four lines of words — some of them rare sesquipedalities - as expressive of the nightingale's song . " Twenty - four different strains or couplets , " says ...
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... carry her egg in her bill , in order to drop it into nests having a narrow side entrance . That some birds do carry their eggs in their mouths we have the testimony of Mr. Audubon , who says , that when the American goatsucker discovers ...
... carry her egg in her bill , in order to drop it into nests having a narrow side entrance . That some birds do carry their eggs in their mouths we have the testimony of Mr. Audubon , who says , that when the American goatsucker discovers ...
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