A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... larger than the other stomach , and is furnished with strong muscular fibres , as well circular as longitudinal . first produced it . It seems formed to live among the sandy and burning deserts of the torrid zone ; and , as in some ...
... larger than the other stomach , and is furnished with strong muscular fibres , as well circular as longitudinal . first produced it . It seems formed to live among the sandy and burning deserts of the torrid zone ; and , as in some ...
Page 27
... larger than the male . They consist of vultures , eagles , hawks , and owls ; and are divided into two sections , —the one containing the diurnal , the other the nocturnal species . The diurnal species are subdivided into All birds of ...
... larger than the male . They consist of vultures , eagles , hawks , and owls ; and are divided into two sections , —the one containing the diurnal , the other the nocturnal species . The diurnal species are subdivided into All birds of ...
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... larger species , and not above three in the smallest . It is said that she hatches them for thirty days : but frequently , even of this small number of eggs , a part is addled ; and it is extremely rare to find three eaglets in the same ...
... larger species , and not above three in the smallest . It is said that she hatches them for thirty days : but frequently , even of this small number of eggs , a part is addled ; and it is extremely rare to find three eaglets in the same ...
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... larger . Condamine has frequently seen them in sev- eral parts of the mountains of Quito , and ob- served them hovering over a flock of sheep ; and he thinks they would , at a certain time , have attempted to carry one off , had they ...
... larger . Condamine has frequently seen them in sev- eral parts of the mountains of Quito , and ob- served them hovering over a flock of sheep ; and he thinks they would , at a certain time , have attempted to carry one off , had they ...
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... larger than the latter , it appears to be superior in strength and audacity . Two condors will dart upon the deer of the Andes , upon the puma , the vicunna , and the guanaco . They will even attack a heifer . They pursue it for a long ...
... larger than the latter , it appears to be superior in strength and audacity . Two condors will dart upon the deer of the Andes , upon the puma , the vicunna , and the guanaco . They will even attack a heifer . They pursue it for a long ...
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