A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... tail , that helps to keep it buoyant , while the fore - parts are cleaving the air by their sharpness . From this conformation , they have often been compared to a ship making its way through water ; the trunk of the body answers to the ...
... tail , that helps to keep it buoyant , while the fore - parts are cleaving the air by their sharpness . From this conformation , they have often been compared to a ship making its way through water ; the trunk of the body answers to the ...
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... tail is about a foot more . One of the wings , with- out the feathers , is a foot and a half ; and being stretched out , with the feathers , is three feet . The plumage is much alike in all ; that is , generally black and white ; though ...
... tail is about a foot more . One of the wings , with- out the feathers , is a foot and a half ; and being stretched out , with the feathers , is three feet . The plumage is much alike in all ; that is , generally black and white ; though ...
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... tail , with a few small curled feathers ; but this tail is dispropor- tioned and displaced . Its legs are too short for running , and its body too fat to be strong . One would take it for a tortoise that had supplied it- self with the ...
... tail , with a few small curled feathers ; but this tail is dispropor- tioned and displaced . Its legs are too short for running , and its body too fat to be strong . One would take it for a tortoise that had supplied it- self with the ...
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... tail . The quill - feathers are of a chocolate colour , the shafts white . The tail is of a deep brown , irregularly barred and blotched with an obscure ash - colour , and usually white at the roots of the feathers . The legs are yellow ...
... tail . The quill - feathers are of a chocolate colour , the shafts white . The tail is of a deep brown , irregularly barred and blotched with an obscure ash - colour , and usually white at the roots of the feathers . The legs are yellow ...
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... tail white at the be- brown , spotted with white . The white - tailed eagle : dirty brown ; head white ; the stems of the feathers black ; the rump inclining to black ; the tail feathers , the first half black , the end half white ...
... tail white at the be- brown , spotted with white . The white - tailed eagle : dirty brown ; head white ; the stems of the feathers black ; the rump inclining to black ; the tail feathers , the first half black , the end half white ...
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