A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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Page 14
... covered with a skin , and nervous at the point . Their legs are short , and their feet formed for swim- ming , the toes being webbed together their body is fat , inclining to rancidity . They live in waters , and chiefly build their ...
... covered with a skin , and nervous at the point . Their legs are short , and their feet formed for swim- ming , the toes being webbed together their body is fat , inclining to rancidity . They live in waters , and chiefly build their ...
Page 15
... covered with a plu- mage that resembles hair much more nearly than feathers , and its internal parts bear as near a similitude to those of the quadruped as of the bird creation . It may be considered , therefore , as an animal made to ...
... covered with a plu- mage that resembles hair much more nearly than feathers , and its internal parts bear as near a similitude to those of the quadruped as of the bird creation . It may be considered , therefore , as an animal made to ...
Page 16
... covered with a very fine , clear , white hair that shines like the bristles of a hog ; and in some places there are small tufts of it , con- sisting of about twelve hairs , which grow from a single shaft about the thickness of a pin ...
... covered with a very fine , clear , white hair that shines like the bristles of a hog ; and in some places there are small tufts of it , con- sisting of about twelve hairs , which grow from a single shaft about the thickness of a pin ...
Page 17
... covering them but such substances seldom remain long enough in the stomach of any animal to undergo so tedi- ous a ... covered assume a different and more becoming plumage . The beauty of a part of this plumage , particu- larly the ...
... covering them but such substances seldom remain long enough in the stomach of any animal to undergo so tedi- ous a ... covered assume a different and more becoming plumage . The beauty of a part of this plumage , particu- larly the ...
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... covering ; but in the cassowary , all the feathers of black hair . The hole of the ear is very large are of the same kind , and outwardly of the same and open , being only covered with small black colour . They are generally double ...
... covering ; but in the cassowary , all the feathers of black hair . The hole of the ear is very large are of the same kind , and outwardly of the same and open , being only covered with small black colour . They are generally double ...
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animal appear beak beautiful belly bill birds birds of prey bittern body bones bottom breed brown called CHAP chiefly claws coast colour common continue covered crocodile devour distance duck eagle eggs eyes feathers feed feet female fins fish flesh flight flocks frequently frog furnished gannet gills habits hatched head heron hole inches inhabitants insects islands kind larvæ legs length less live male mandible manner motion mouth native nature neck nest never observed ostrich oysters pectoral fins pigeon plumage prey quadrupeds red grouse resembling rivers rocks round Scotland season seems seen seize seldom serpents shell shore side skin sometimes soon spawn species spot spring Supplementary Note surface swallow tail taken Temminck thick thrush tion toad toes trees tribe upper usually venom viviparous whale whole wild wings winter woods young