Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1848 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... instances where he dissected both cock and hen , he remarked that the same muscles were stronger in the cock . The rivalry with which some of these feathered songsters will sing against each other in captivity is well known to bird ...
... instances where he dissected both cock and hen , he remarked that the same muscles were stronger in the cock . The rivalry with which some of these feathered songsters will sing against each other in captivity is well known to bird ...
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... instances of imitation in the following terms ; - 66 The first of these ( the linnet ) belonged to Mr. Matthews , an apothecary at Kensington , which , from a want of other sounds to imitate , almost articulated the words pretty boy ...
... instances of imitation in the following terms ; - 66 The first of these ( the linnet ) belonged to Mr. Matthews , an apothecary at Kensington , which , from a want of other sounds to imitate , almost articulated the words pretty boy ...
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... instances of birds beginning to record when they were not a month old . This first essay does not seem to have the least rudiments of the future song ; but as the bird grows older and stronger , one may begin to perceive what the ...
... instances of birds beginning to record when they were not a month old . This first essay does not seem to have the least rudiments of the future song ; but as the bird grows older and stronger , one may begin to perceive what the ...
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... instance of the ravenous eagerness with which the half - starved creatures attacked and made prey of some of the first flowers that dared to show themselves . On a fine sunny morning after the first of the one or two comparatively warm ...
... instance of the ravenous eagerness with which the half - starved creatures attacked and made prey of some of the first flowers that dared to show themselves . On a fine sunny morning after the first of the one or two comparatively warm ...
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... instances where he has been able to perceive it under water , it appeared to tumble about in a very extraordinary manner , with its head downwards , as if pecking something , and at the same time great exertion of both wings and legs ...
... instances where he has been able to perceive it under water , it appeared to tumble about in a very extraordinary manner , with its head downwards , as if pecking something , and at the same time great exertion of both wings and legs ...
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