Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... learned author states , that to be certain that a nestling will not have even the call of its species , it should be taken from the nest when only a day or two old ; because , though nestlings cannot see till the seventh day , yet they ...
... learned author states , that to be certain that a nestling will not have even the call of its species , it should be taken from the nest when only a day or two old ; because , though nestlings cannot see till the seventh day , yet they ...
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... learned Thrush of the " Cæsares juvenes " was no more than a starling ; and , indeed , " sturnum " is the word in the Leyden edition ( 1548 ) . The Larks , those brilliant vocalists , next claim our notice , and with the Sky - Lark , or ...
... learned Thrush of the " Cæsares juvenes " was no more than a starling ; and , indeed , " sturnum " is the word in the Leyden edition ( 1548 ) . The Larks , those brilliant vocalists , next claim our notice , and with the Sky - Lark , or ...
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... learned to drink milk out of a spoon . In three or four days it took a fly from his hand , and would wing its way round the room after the person who carried the spoonful of milk , of which beverage it was so fond , that it would perch ...
... learned to drink milk out of a spoon . In three or four days it took a fly from his hand , and would wing its way round the room after the person who carried the spoonful of milk , of which beverage it was so fond , that it would perch ...
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... learned men , " irreverently termed by Biron " the pedant " and " the hedge - priest . " At the risk , however , of being classed with those worthies , we must begin at the begin- ning . It has been doubted whether the cuckoo is the ...
... learned men , " irreverently termed by Biron " the pedant " and " the hedge - priest . " At the risk , however , of being classed with those worthies , we must begin at the begin- ning . It has been doubted whether the cuckoo is the ...
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... learned than the rest will clear away the froth to show the admiring minors the inmate , gravely assuring them that it will be a cuckoo ! But , no very long time ago , this " cuckoo - spittle " had a very bad name , and constituted ...
... learned than the rest will clear away the froth to show the admiring minors the inmate , gravely assuring them that it will be a cuckoo ! But , no very long time ago , this " cuckoo - spittle " had a very bad name , and constituted ...
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