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... Mudie's Feathered Tribes of the British Islands , Selby's Illustrations of British Ornitho- logy , Montagu's Ornithological Dictionary , and others of this class , require a considerably more minute analysis ; and this , accordingly ...
... Mudie's Feathered Tribes of the British Islands , Selby's Illustrations of British Ornitho- logy , Montagu's Ornithological Dictionary , and others of this class , require a considerably more minute analysis ; and this , accordingly ...
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... short distance . But it is sweet and plaintive in the extreme , although it has been noticed by very few authors . Selby and Mudie mention it , and Rennie has recorded it in the Ornithological Dictionary , 60 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
... short distance . But it is sweet and plaintive in the extreme , although it has been noticed by very few authors . Selby and Mudie mention it , and Rennie has recorded it in the Ornithological Dictionary , 60 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
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... Mudie . London . 1830. 12mo . Second edition , 1835. Whittaker and Co. 12s . These delightful volumes were originally pub- lished anonymously , and profess to be " Sketches of the more interesting productions of Britain and the ...
... Mudie . London . 1830. 12mo . Second edition , 1835. Whittaker and Co. 12s . These delightful volumes were originally pub- lished anonymously , and profess to be " Sketches of the more interesting productions of Britain and the ...
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... Mudie . London . Whittaker and Co. 2 vols . Post 8vo . 1834. £ 1 . 8s . We have given short notices of the other works of this author , in order to be enabled to do full justice to this , his best and most important . If Mudie had only ...
... Mudie . London . Whittaker and Co. 2 vols . Post 8vo . 1834. £ 1 . 8s . We have given short notices of the other works of this author , in order to be enabled to do full justice to this , his best and most important . If Mudie had only ...
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... Mudie himself informs us - that he has limited himself in many of his accounts . This is the more to be lamented , as the author's original design , of compressing the whole into one pocket volume , was entirely frus- trated . We hope ...
... Mudie himself informs us - that he has limited himself in many of his accounts . This is the more to be lamented , as the author's original design , of compressing the whole into one pocket volume , was entirely frus- trated . We hope ...
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