Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... swan , has also proved that the true wild swans of North America are peculiar to that country , and distinct from the two European swans . ' 99 4. Of the American swans , the largest - it is larger than our hooper - is the Trumpeter Swan ...
... swan , has also proved that the true wild swans of North America are peculiar to that country , and distinct from the two European swans . ' 99 4. Of the American swans , the largest - it is larger than our hooper - is the Trumpeter Swan ...
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... swan - down which comforts whilst it adorns our fair countrywomen , is the spoil of the trumpeter , from which the Hud- son's Bay Company principally derive their importation of swan- skins . 5. Dr. Sharpless has described the second ...
... swan - down which comforts whilst it adorns our fair countrywomen , is the spoil of the trumpeter , from which the Hud- son's Bay Company principally derive their importation of swan- skins . 5. Dr. Sharpless has described the second ...
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... swans consist of the trumpeter , the wild , or whistling swan ( Cygnus ferus ) , and Bewick's swan . Dr. Richardson notices the trumpeter and Bewick's swan only . 6. When Juvenal wrote the often quoted hundred and sixty- fourth line of ...
... swans consist of the trumpeter , the wild , or whistling swan ( Cygnus ferus ) , and Bewick's swan . Dr. Richardson notices the trumpeter and Bewick's swan only . 6. When Juvenal wrote the often quoted hundred and sixty- fourth line of ...
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... swan was found upon the island , but several geese were breeding there , and the sooty petrel possessed the grassy parts ; the swans of the sailor , in this instance there- fore , turned out to be geese . This bird had been seen before ...
... swan was found upon the island , but several geese were breeding there , and the sooty petrel possessed the grassy parts ; the swans of the sailor , in this instance there- fore , turned out to be geese . This bird had been seen before ...
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... swans , was remarkably sombre , and there only wanted the melancholy toll of the bell - bird - Dil Boong of the natives ... swan , " continues our author , " is said to feed upon fish , frogs , and water - slugs ; but in the gizzards of ...
... swans , was remarkably sombre , and there only wanted the melancholy toll of the bell - bird - Dil Boong of the natives ... swan , " continues our author , " is said to feed upon fish , frogs , and water - slugs ; but in the gizzards of ...
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