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... species are also fully detailed , and a " Summary of Falconry " con- cludes the descriptive part of the volume . After this is given a figure ( uncoloured ) of each bird described , but these are wholly destitute of merit . The young ...
... species are also fully detailed , and a " Summary of Falconry " con- cludes the descriptive part of the volume . After this is given a figure ( uncoloured ) of each bird described , but these are wholly destitute of merit . The young ...
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... species . The plates are coloured , and , though somewhat coarse , have a life and character which has perhaps not been surpassed even at the present day . The whole of the figures are drawn and engraved - mostly from living specimens ...
... species . The plates are coloured , and , though somewhat coarse , have a life and character which has perhaps not been surpassed even at the present day . The whole of the figures are drawn and engraved - mostly from living specimens ...
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... and specific appellation to each species . Several new birds were described in the above - mentioned works , which are still useful to the Ornithologist . British Zoology , by Thomas Pennant , folio , 1766 8 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
... and specific appellation to each species . Several new birds were described in the above - mentioned works , which are still useful to the Ornithologist . British Zoology , by Thomas Pennant , folio , 1766 8 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
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... species of each genus is figured ( by Mrs. Griffith ) , but these also , we are sorry to say , are almost without exception copied from other works , with but little care in the selec- tion . The last volume appeared in 1826 , with a ...
... species of each genus is figured ( by Mrs. Griffith ) , but these also , we are sorry to say , are almost without exception copied from other works , with but little care in the selec- tion . The last volume appeared in 1826 , with a ...
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... species is also figured , but these are often inexact and badly coloured.- The system is the Linnæan , and the descriptions , which are short and accurate , are written on one side of the page in French , and on the other in English ...
... species is also figured , but these are often inexact and badly coloured.- The system is the Linnæan , and the descriptions , which are short and accurate , are written on one side of the page in French , and on the other in English ...
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