A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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Page 41
... leaving the game he shall kill , requires no small degree of skill and assiduity . Numberless treatises have been ... leave to give a short ac- count of the manner of training a hawk , divested of those cant words with which men of ...
... leaving the game he shall kill , requires no small degree of skill and assiduity . Numberless treatises have been ... leave to give a short ac- count of the manner of training a hawk , divested of those cant words with which men of ...
Page 44
... leave Great Britain at the approach of spring , for other and more northern climates . Its migration is however ... leaves us , for warmer latitudes , in Octo- ber . Wooded and enclosed districts appear to be its usual haunts . It builds ...
... leave Great Britain at the approach of spring , for other and more northern climates . Its migration is however ... leaves us , for warmer latitudes , in Octo- ber . Wooded and enclosed districts appear to be its usual haunts . It builds ...
Page 47
... leave to de- scribe a tribe of smaller birds , that seem from their size rather to be classed with the harmless order of the sparrow kind ; but that from their crooked beak , courage , and appetites for slaugh- ter , certainly deserve a ...
... leave to de- scribe a tribe of smaller birds , that seem from their size rather to be classed with the harmless order of the sparrow kind ; but that from their crooked beak , courage , and appetites for slaugh- ter , certainly deserve a ...
Page 55
... leaves to the female all the care of providing for posterity . Wild and irregular in his appetites , he ranges from ... leave it the instant they part from the shell . She is equally unassisted in providing for her young , that are not ...
... leaves to the female all the care of providing for posterity . Wild and irregular in his appetites , he ranges from ... leave it the instant they part from the shell . She is equally unassisted in providing for her young , that are not ...
Page 56
... leave to their consideration . However , it is a But those doubts no longer exist ; the cock is mean and ungenerous amusement , nor would I found in the island of Tinian , in many others of wish much to promote it . The truth is , I ...
... leave to their consideration . However , it is a But those doubts no longer exist ; the cock is mean and ungenerous amusement , nor would I found in the island of Tinian , in many others of wish much to promote it . The truth is , I ...
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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