A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... easily be repaired ; but it is composed of many layers , each somewhat in itself resembling a feather , and lying against each other in close conjunction . Towards the shaft of the feather , these layers are broad , and of a ...
... easily be repaired ; but it is composed of many layers , each somewhat in itself resembling a feather , and lying against each other in close conjunction . Towards the shaft of the feather , these layers are broad , and of a ...
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... easily proved by the readiness with | greater facility of taking a long and large inspi- which birds learn tunes , or repeat words , and the ration . It is sometimes also seen that the wind- great exactness of their pronunciation . pipe ...
... easily proved by the readiness with | greater facility of taking a long and large inspi- which birds learn tunes , or repeat words , and the ration . It is sometimes also seen that the wind- great exactness of their pronunciation . pipe ...
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... easily congeals into a chalky crust . " From this simple conformation of the animal , it should seem that birds are subject to few feather , when first protruded from the skin , and come to its full size , grows harder as it grows older ...
... easily congeals into a chalky crust . " From this simple conformation of the animal , it should seem that birds are subject to few feather , when first protruded from the skin , and come to its full size , grows harder as it grows older ...
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... easily destroyed , are as readily repaired ; and nature , where she has denied the power of resistance , has compensated by the fertility attending procreation . appe- Birds in general , though they have so much to fear from man and ...
... easily destroyed , are as readily repaired ; and nature , where she has denied the power of resistance , has compensated by the fertility attending procreation . appe- Birds in general , though they have so much to fear from man and ...
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... easily taken . Three or four dodos are enough to dine a hundred men . Whether the dodo be the same bird with that which some travellers have described under the bird of Nazareth , yet remains uncertain . The country from whence they ...
... easily taken . Three or four dodos are enough to dine a hundred men . Whether the dodo be the same bird with that which some travellers have described under the bird of Nazareth , yet remains uncertain . The country from whence they ...
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