A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... entirely for a life of escape ; and every part of the anatomy of the animal seems calculated for swiftness . As it is designed to rise upon air , all its parts are propor- tionably light , and expand a large surface with- out solidity ...
... entirely for a life of escape ; and every part of the anatomy of the animal seems calculated for swiftness . As it is designed to rise upon air , all its parts are propor- tionably light , and expand a large surface with- out solidity ...
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... entirely up to what promises to repay them only with a very confined species of amusement . In my distribution of birds , therefore , I will follow Linnæus in the first sketch of his system , and then leave him to follow the most ...
... entirely up to what promises to repay them only with a very confined species of amusement . In my distribution of birds , therefore , I will follow Linnæus in the first sketch of his system , and then leave him to follow the most ...
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... entirely peculiar . It is a native only of the torrid regions of Africa , and has long been celebrated by those who have had occasion to mention the animals of that region . Its flesh is proscribed in scripture as unfit to be eaten ...
... entirely peculiar . It is a native only of the torrid regions of Africa , and has long been celebrated by those who have had occasion to mention the animals of that region . Its flesh is proscribed in scripture as unfit to be eaten ...
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... entirely upon grass . The Emu , though not so large as the ostrich , is only second to it in magnitude . It is by much the largest bird in the new continent ; and is generally found to be six feet high , measuring from its head to the ...
... entirely upon grass . The Emu , though not so large as the ostrich , is only second to it in magnitude . It is by much the largest bird in the new continent ; and is generally found to be six feet high , measuring from its head to the ...
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... entirely confined to these islands . From a conviction , then , that it is in this order only that the affinities of the Moa are to be sought with any prospect of success , and that it is in the family Struthionidae where they will ...
... entirely confined to these islands . From a conviction , then , that it is in this order only that the affinities of the Moa are to be sought with any prospect of success , and that it is in the family Struthionidae where they will ...
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