Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... wings and tail , glisten- ing with white , and the buoyant gaiety of his action , arresting the eye , as his song most irresistibly does the ear . He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy - he mounts and descends as his song swells or ...
... wings and tail , glisten- ing with white , and the buoyant gaiety of his action , arresting the eye , as his song most irresistibly does the ear . He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy - he mounts and descends as his song swells or ...
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... wings , and bristled feathers , clucking to protect its injured brood . The barking of the dog , the mewing of the cat , the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow , follow , with great truth and rapidity . He repeats the tune taught him by ...
... wings , and bristled feathers , clucking to protect its injured brood . The barking of the dog , the mewing of the cat , the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow , follow , with great truth and rapidity . He repeats the tune taught him by ...
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... wing from the carpal joint , but extending it considerably , and availing itself of the whole expanse , just as it ... wings and legs was used . The bird was , we doubt not , at this time capturing the fresh - water mollusca and insect ...
... wing from the carpal joint , but extending it considerably , and availing itself of the whole expanse , just as it ... wings and legs was used . The bird was , we doubt not , at this time capturing the fresh - water mollusca and insect ...
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... wings , and beating his breast against the wires , panting for one - one only - upward flight into the free air . To delude him into the recollection that there are such places as the fields , which he is beginning to forget , they cut ...
... wings , and beating his breast against the wires , panting for one - one only - upward flight into the free air . To delude him into the recollection that there are such places as the fields , which he is beginning to forget , they cut ...
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... wing than the Sky - lark , and will sometimes continue in the air , soaring to a great height , singing , still singing , for an hour together . It begins to breed early in the season . Colonel Montagu found the nest , which is not ...
... wing than the Sky - lark , and will sometimes continue in the air , soaring to a great height , singing , still singing , for an hour together . It begins to breed early in the season . Colonel Montagu found the nest , which is not ...
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