Half-hours in the Green Lanes: a Book for a Country StrollDavid Bogue, 1879 - 328 pages |
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... wing - Different kinds of ditto - Eggs of butterflies and moths - Descriptions of ditto - Colours of butterflies and ... Wing cases of beetles , how formed - Rose Beetle- Tortoise Beetle - Devil's Coach - horse - Bombardier Beetle ...
... wing - Different kinds of ditto - Eggs of butterflies and moths - Descriptions of ditto - Colours of butterflies and ... Wing cases of beetles , how formed - Rose Beetle- Tortoise Beetle - Devil's Coach - horse - Bombardier Beetle ...
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... wings of a bird . An examination of the skeleton of a snake will show that there are an enormous number of ribs , which are extremely movable . There is no breastbone , and the ends of all these ribs are free . It is on the free ends ...
... wings of a bird . An examination of the skeleton of a snake will show that there are an enormous number of ribs , which are extremely movable . There is no breastbone , and the ends of all these ribs are free . It is on the free ends ...
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... wings of this bird . The beak is of course the principal agent in procuring food , and we accordingly find , among the various species of kingfisher , a great modification of this organ . The genus has a wide distribution , and ...
... wings of this bird . The beak is of course the principal agent in procuring food , and we accordingly find , among the various species of kingfisher , a great modification of this organ . The genus has a wide distribution , and ...
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... a fight is the possession of one of the fair sex . Their manner of fighting , with head lowered , frill distended , and wings trailing the ground , rushing at one another , leaping and striking THE BIRDS OF THE GREEN LANES . 123.
... a fight is the possession of one of the fair sex . Their manner of fighting , with head lowered , frill distended , and wings trailing the ground , rushing at one another , leaping and striking THE BIRDS OF THE GREEN LANES . 123.
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... ! ) wedged in the bark of a tree . It is standing head downwards over the nut , hammering away with its comparatively powerful , wedge - shaped bill , aiding each stroke by the clapping of its wings . 136 HALF - HOURS IN THE GREEN LANES .
... ! ) wedged in the bark of a tree . It is standing head downwards over the nut , hammering away with its comparatively powerful , wedge - shaped bill , aiding each stroke by the clapping of its wings . 136 HALF - HOURS IN THE GREEN LANES .
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