Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... volume of air which birds can introduce into their bodies , and the force with which they can expel it , that solve the problem how so small a creature as a singing bird can be capable of sending forth notes so loud , and of warbling so ...
... volume of air which birds can introduce into their bodies , and the force with which they can expel it , that solve the problem how so small a creature as a singing bird can be capable of sending forth notes so loud , and of warbling so ...
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... volume of " Loudon's Magazine of Natural History , " and Mr. Gardiner , junior , of Dundee , * all record evidence of its producing young in this country , and the last - named gentleman bred and reared the species in confinement . He ...
... volume of " Loudon's Magazine of Natural History , " and Mr. Gardiner , junior , of Dundee , * all record evidence of its producing young in this country , and the last - named gentleman bred and reared the species in confinement . He ...
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... volume , strength , and expression , it is more pure , easy , and flute - like in its tones , and its song is more varied , smooth , and delicate . It sings also for a much longer period , both when wild and in confinement , its song ...
... volume , strength , and expression , it is more pure , easy , and flute - like in its tones , and its song is more varied , smooth , and delicate . It sings also for a much longer period , both when wild and in confinement , its song ...
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... volume , or rather in our translations of it , we find the owl again and again associated with desolation . The thirty- fourth chapter of Isaiah , in the version now read in our churches , teems with instances : " 11. But the cormorant ...
... volume , or rather in our translations of it , we find the owl again and again associated with desolation . The thirty- fourth chapter of Isaiah , in the version now read in our churches , teems with instances : " 11. But the cormorant ...
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... volume on Gallinaceous birds * says , " I once knew it take place upon two addled eggs , which the hen had long persevered upon , and upon which he ( the turkey - cock ) kept his place a fortnight . ' This was certainly being paternal ...
... volume on Gallinaceous birds * says , " I once knew it take place upon two addled eggs , which the hen had long persevered upon , and upon which he ( the turkey - cock ) kept his place a fortnight . ' This was certainly being paternal ...
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