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... covered with confluent punctures which are arranged in longitudinal rows , and each elytron has two smooth elevated stria ; the under parts of the body are covered with white scale - like hairs . This is the largest species known ...
... covered with confluent punctures which are arranged in longitudinal rows , and each elytron has two smooth elevated stria ; the under parts of the body are covered with white scale - like hairs . This is the largest species known ...
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... covered with foam ; they rise and fall several times in the course of the day . The direct distance between the source of the Dniester and its mouth is estimated at about 420 miles , but , including its windings , its whole length is ...
... covered with foam ; they rise and fall several times in the course of the day . The direct distance between the source of the Dniester and its mouth is estimated at about 420 miles , but , including its windings , its whole length is ...
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... covered with a skin , as it were , hooded . These birds are without wings , in the place of which are three or four rather black feathers ( quarum loco tres quatuorve pennæ nigriores prodeunt ) . A few curved delicate ash - coloured ...
... covered with a skin , as it were , hooded . These birds are without wings , in the place of which are three or four rather black feathers ( quarum loco tres quatuorve pennæ nigriores prodeunt ) . A few curved delicate ash - coloured ...
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... covered it : her bill is very howked and bends downwards , the thrill or breathing place is in the midst of it ; from which part to the end , the colour is a light greene mixt with a pale yellow ; her eyes be round and small , and ...
... covered it : her bill is very howked and bends downwards , the thrill or breathing place is in the midst of it ; from which part to the end , the colour is a light greene mixt with a pale yellow ; her eyes be round and small , and ...
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... covered with a reddish - yellow scale . Not much above four inches long , yet above five in thickness , or round about the joints , wherein , though it be inferior to that of an Ostrich or Cassowary , yet , joined with its short- ness ...
... covered with a reddish - yellow scale . Not much above four inches long , yet above five in thickness , or round about the joints , wherein , though it be inferior to that of an Ostrich or Cassowary , yet , joined with its short- ness ...
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