A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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Page 10
... habits of slaughter and cruelty . Nor are those of milder natures less busily em- ployed ; the little birds then discontinue their singing , taken up with more important pursuits of common subsistence . While the young are yet unfledged ...
... habits of slaughter and cruelty . Nor are those of milder natures less busily em- ployed ; the little birds then discontinue their singing , taken up with more important pursuits of common subsistence . While the young are yet unfledged ...
Page 14
... habits , and nature herself seems to offer us this obvious distribution , in methodizing ani- mals of the feathered creation . However , a distinction so comprehensive goes but a short way in illustrating the different tribes of so ...
... habits , and nature herself seems to offer us this obvious distribution , in methodizing ani- mals of the feathered creation . However , a distinction so comprehensive goes but a short way in illustrating the different tribes of so ...
Page 16
... habits and manners are 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 ...
... habits and manners are 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 ...
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... habits of the bird , it is clear that the duration of the species was wholly incompatible with the dominion of man : had it been capable of domestication , or had it pos- sessed the swiftness of foot of the ostrich , or the aquatic habits ...
... habits of the bird , it is clear that the duration of the species was wholly incompatible with the dominion of man : had it been capable of domestication , or had it pos- sessed the swiftness of foot of the ostrich , or the aquatic habits ...
Page 26
... habits , some exclusively so , and very often possess only three toes . It is true , that in general the different known members of the family containing the largest birds have their tarsi long , ( whereas those of the Moa , as we have ...
... habits , some exclusively so , and very often possess only three toes . It is true , that in general the different known members of the family containing the largest birds have their tarsi long , ( whereas those of the Moa , as we have ...
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