A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1A. Fullarton, 1852 |
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... tribe of birds of passage feed upon insects , which dis- appear and become torpid , either in a perfect or em- bryo state , soon after the autumnal equinox : they are therefore compelled to migrate southward , in search of their natural ...
... tribe of birds of passage feed upon insects , which dis- appear and become torpid , either in a perfect or em- bryo state , soon after the autumnal equinox : they are therefore compelled to migrate southward , in search of their natural ...
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... tribe is described , and its his- tory known , it will give a very tolerable idea of all the species contained under it . It is true , the reader will not thus have his knowledge ranged under such precise distinctions ; nor can he be ...
... tribe is described , and its his- tory known , it will give a very tolerable idea of all the species contained under it . It is true , the reader will not thus have his knowledge ranged under such precise distinctions ; nor can he be ...
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... tribe . The lief , and which they declared to be altogether with - mountain , too , it appeared , was by no means unknown out foundation ; finding neither cavern , nor lizard- guards , nor Moa , nor any signs of such uncommon lusus ...
... tribe . The lief , and which they declared to be altogether with - mountain , too , it appeared , was by no means unknown out foundation ; finding neither cavern , nor lizard- guards , nor Moa , nor any signs of such uncommon lusus ...
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... tribe . That it will do so , under some cir- cumstances , is evident , since bird - catchers have dis- covered the kestrel in the very act of pouncing their baited with a bird . In summer , the cockchaffer sup- plies to this species an ...
... tribe . That it will do so , under some cir- cumstances , is evident , since bird - catchers have dis- covered the kestrel in the very act of pouncing their baited with a bird . In summer , the cockchaffer sup- plies to this species an ...
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... tribe , and as white as the snows of the country of which he is a native . All this tribe of animals , however they may differ in their size and plumage , agree in their general characteristics of preying by night , and having their ...
... tribe , and as white as the snows of the country of which he is a native . All this tribe of animals , however they may differ in their size and plumage , agree in their general characteristics of preying by night , and having their ...
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