Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... looks upward and warbles , and expects his mate . Is it possible to see and hear this desecration of instinct unmoved ? and yet we endure it every spring , and moreover , we have our Society for Preventing Cruelty to Animals . When free ...
... looks upward and warbles , and expects his mate . Is it possible to see and hear this desecration of instinct unmoved ? and yet we endure it every spring , and moreover , we have our Society for Preventing Cruelty to Animals . When free ...
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... Look at the bill of this little bird . Though small , it is hard and sharp , and well our sapper knows how to use it . Clinging to the face of the sand- bank with its sharp little claws , and closing its bill , the bird works away with ...
... Look at the bill of this little bird . Though small , it is hard and sharp , and well our sapper knows how to use it . Clinging to the face of the sand- bank with its sharp little claws , and closing its bill , the bird works away with ...
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... look out for them ; for though smaller than the visiter that we must next notice , they equal it in delicacy and flavour . ( He who is fond of dancing as well as music , should keep the wheatear ( Vitiflora Enanthe ) , which generally ...
... look out for them ; for though smaller than the visiter that we must next notice , they equal it in delicacy and flavour . ( He who is fond of dancing as well as music , should keep the wheatear ( Vitiflora Enanthe ) , which generally ...
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... look for it near the ground at or near the bottom of some patch of thick herbage , for it rarely is supported by the reeds . But we must be careful not to confound this polyglott . with the merry reed - warbler ( Calamoherpe arundinacea ...
... look for it near the ground at or near the bottom of some patch of thick herbage , for it rarely is supported by the reeds . But we must be careful not to confound this polyglott . with the merry reed - warbler ( Calamoherpe arundinacea ...
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... look in vain for the owl in this chapter . Demons and onocentaurs , and shrieking spirits , satyrs , and vul- tures , with kites and beavers , hedgehogs and pelicans , are the principal personages that haunt the dismal scene in these ...
... look in vain for the owl in this chapter . Demons and onocentaurs , and shrieking spirits , satyrs , and vul- tures , with kites and beavers , hedgehogs and pelicans , are the principal personages that haunt the dismal scene in these ...
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