A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... extremely light and thin ; and all the mus- cles , except that immediately moving the wings , extremely slight and feeble . The tail , which is composed of quill feathers , serves to counter- balance the head and neck ; it guides the ...
... extremely light and thin ; and all the mus- cles , except that immediately moving the wings , extremely slight and feeble . The tail , which is composed of quill feathers , serves to counter- balance the head and neck ; it guides the ...
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... extremely nourishing ; but they are too scarce to be fed upon , although a single egg be a suffi- cient entertainment for eight men . The Struthophagi have another method of tak- ing this bird ; they cover themselves with an ostrich's ...
... extremely nourishing ; but they are too scarce to be fed upon , although a single egg be a suffi- cient entertainment for eight men . The Struthophagi have another method of tak- ing this bird ; they cover themselves with an ostrich's ...
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... extremely thick , feathers which adorn the rump are extremely strong , straight , and covered with scales of thick ; but do not differ , in other respects , from several shapes ; but the legs are thicker a little the rest , excepting ...
... extremely thick , feathers which adorn the rump are extremely strong , straight , and covered with scales of thick ; but do not differ , in other respects , from several shapes ; but the legs are thicker a little the rest , excepting ...
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... extremely short ; and it may happen that many kinds of food are indigestible in its stomach , as wheat or currants are to a man when swallowed whole . The cassowary's eggs are of a gray ash colour , inclining to green . They are not so ...
... extremely short ; and it may happen that many kinds of food are indigestible in its stomach , as wheat or currants are to a man when swallowed whole . The cassowary's eggs are of a gray ash colour , inclining to green . They are not so ...
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... extremely beautiful ; and in the length of their legs , which in the dodo are short ; in the other , are described as long . Time and future observation must clear up these doubts ; and the testimony of a single witness , who shall have ...
... extremely beautiful ; and in the length of their legs , which in the dodo are short ; in the other , are described as long . Time and future observation must clear up these doubts ; and the testimony of a single witness , who shall have ...
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