Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... kind , singing nearly the whole year through , and varying its song continually ; the only fault was its strong voice . At last , our favourite was turned out of its cage by a mischievous servant on a cold winter's day when we were from ...
... kind , singing nearly the whole year through , and varying its song continually ; the only fault was its strong voice . At last , our favourite was turned out of its cage by a mischievous servant on a cold winter's day when we were from ...
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... kind is not yet hatched , I should have hardly believed but that it had been a locusta whispering in the bushes . The country people laugh when you tell them that it is the note of a bird . It is a most artful creature , skulking in the ...
... kind is not yet hatched , I should have hardly believed but that it had been a locusta whispering in the bushes . The country people laugh when you tell them that it is the note of a bird . It is a most artful creature , skulking in the ...
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... kind - hearted goddess , pitying the bird's condition , covered him with her robe . In an instant the bird was gone , and the god resumed his shape . The sudden transformation , startling as it was , did not throw the prudent young lady ...
... kind - hearted goddess , pitying the bird's condition , covered him with her robe . In an instant the bird was gone , and the god resumed his shape . The sudden transformation , startling as it was , did not throw the prudent young lady ...
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... kind benefactress , and it appeared to be comforted , poor thing , by the warmth of her hand to its feet . Mr. Von Schauroth gives the species a very unamiable cha- racter in captivity . He reared many , and tried to domesticate one in ...
... kind benefactress , and it appeared to be comforted , poor thing , by the warmth of her hand to its feet . Mr. Von Schauroth gives the species a very unamiable cha- racter in captivity . He reared many , and tried to domesticate one in ...
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... kind as the Bubo itself , and follow out , with the patience of the reader , other evidence of its ex- ceedingly wicked character . The Striges appear to have been the terror of all mothers and negligent nurses : " Nocte volant ...
... kind as the Bubo itself , and follow out , with the patience of the reader , other evidence of its ex- ceedingly wicked character . The Striges appear to have been the terror of all mothers and negligent nurses : " Nocte volant ...
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