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... habits of birds in this work are full and generally exact ; but are occasionally besprinkled with absurdities which should have been beneath his notice . The diseases of birds and their cures , and the methods of cap- turing and keeping ...
... habits of birds in this work are full and generally exact ; but are occasionally besprinkled with absurdities which should have been beneath his notice . The diseases of birds and their cures , and the methods of cap- turing and keeping ...
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... habits and man- ners are tolerably full , and interesting . Many editions of this work have appeared ; that of 1812 , with woodcuts , is best known . The British Zoology , although exceedingly useful at the time of its publi- cation ...
... habits and man- ners are tolerably full , and interesting . Many editions of this work have appeared ; that of 1812 , with woodcuts , is best known . The British Zoology , although exceedingly useful at the time of its publi- cation ...
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... habits and man- ners of British birds . It is interspersed occasion- ally with notices of other animals , but the amiable author appears to have paid most attention to the feathered tribes , and we think the volume might almost be ...
... habits and man- ners of British birds . It is interspersed occasion- ally with notices of other animals , but the amiable author appears to have paid most attention to the feathered tribes , and we think the volume might almost be ...
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... habits and manners , should be equally attended to , and a coloured figure of each species , with its nest and eggs , should be given , as far as practica- ble , drawn and coloured from Nature , or carefully selected from the most ...
... habits and manners , should be equally attended to , and a coloured figure of each species , with its nest and eggs , should be given , as far as practica- ble , drawn and coloured from Nature , or carefully selected from the most ...
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... Habits , Food , Diseases , Treatment , Breeding , and the methods of catching them ; by J. M. Bechstein , M.D. Orr and Smith , Paternoster Row , 10s . 6d . 12mo . The following passage , from the preface to the first edition , will give ...
... Habits , Food , Diseases , Treatment , Breeding , and the methods of catching them ; by J. M. Bechstein , M.D. Orr and Smith , Paternoster Row , 10s . 6d . 12mo . The following passage , from the preface to the first edition , will give ...
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