Glanures D'histoire Naturelle, Consistant en Figures de Quadrupedes, D'oiseaux, D'insectes, de Plantes, &cat the Royal College of Physicians, in Warwick-Lane., 1760 |
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Стр. 156
... from the point of the bill to the end of the tail it measured two feet . The Hawk's bill is of a blueish colour : the edges of the upper mandible are waved on their fides ; at the bafis of the upper mandible is an orange - coloured fkin ...
... from the point of the bill to the end of the tail it measured two feet . The Hawk's bill is of a blueish colour : the edges of the upper mandible are waved on their fides ; at the bafis of the upper mandible is an orange - coloured fkin ...
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Стр. xiii - were planting a grove of oaks*. The manner of ' their planting was thus. They first made little ' holes in the earth with their bills, going about and ' about till the hole was deep enough, and then they ' dropped in the acorn, and covered it with earth ' and moss. The young plantation,
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Стр. i - ... of the Eagle and Hawk kind do. Owls cannot bear the day, and do not fly till the twilight advances towards night; but whether or not they fly in dark nights, I cannot tell. I believe many of the water-fowls to be nocturnal; for Herns, Bitterns, and fome others, are feen on the wing in the morning and evening twilight.
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| Название | Glanures D'histoire Naturelle, Consistant en Figures de Quadrupedes, D'oiseaux, D'insectes, de Plantes, &c Gleanings of Natural History, Exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds, Insects, Plants, &c: Most of which Have Not, Till Now, Been Either Figured Or Described. With Descriptions of Seventy Different Subjects, Designed, Engraved, and Coloured After Nature, on Fifty Copper-plate Prints (Том 2), Royal College of Physicians of London |
| Автор | George Edwards |
| Перевод: | Edmond Barker, J. Du Plessis |
| Соавтор | Royal College of Physicians of London |
| Издатель | at the Royal College of Physicians, in Warwick-Lane., 1760 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Оксфордский университет |
| Оцифровано | 4 дек 2006 |
| Экспорт цитаты | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |