A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... leave his native grove ; the blackbird still frequents its accustomed hedge ; and the redbreast , though seemingly mild , claims a certain district , from which he seldom moves , but drives out every one of the same species from thence ...
... leave his native grove ; the blackbird still frequents its accustomed hedge ; and the redbreast , though seemingly mild , claims a certain district , from which he seldom moves , but drives out every one of the same species from thence ...
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... leave this country , seems to be not merely the want of food , but the desire of a secure retreat . Our country is too populous for birds so shy and timid as the greatest number of these are . When great part of our island was a mere ...
... leave this country , seems to be not merely the want of food , but the desire of a secure retreat . Our country is too populous for birds so shy and timid as the greatest number of these are . When great part of our island was a mere ...
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... leave him to follow the most natural dis- tinctions in enumerating the different kinds that admit of a history or require a description . Linnæus divides all birds into six classes : namely , into birds of the rapacious kind , birds of ...
... leave him to follow the most natural dis- tinctions in enumerating the different kinds that admit of a history or require a description . Linnæus divides all birds into six classes : namely , into birds of the rapacious kind , birds of ...
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... leave future historians to settle its rank in the feathered cre- ation . Indeed , if size and strength , combined with rapidity of flight and rapacity , deserve pre- eminence , no bird can be put in competition with it . The condor ...
... leave future historians to settle its rank in the feathered cre- ation . Indeed , if size and strength , combined with rapidity of flight and rapacity , deserve pre- eminence , no bird can be put in competition with it . The condor ...
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... leave study and learning to the children of mean- er people . Indeed , this diversion was in such high esteem among the great all over Europe , that Frederic , one of the emperors of Germany , thought it not beneath him to write a ...
... leave study and learning to the children of mean- er people . Indeed , this diversion was in such high esteem among the great all over Europe , that Frederic , one of the emperors of Germany , thought it not beneath him to write a ...
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