Goldsmith's Natural history, with notes collected, with a life of O. Goldsmith by G.M. Bussey, by H. Innes1853 |
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... birds , is the neat position of the feathers , lying all one way , answering at once the pur- poses of warmth , speed , and security . They mostly tend backward , and are laid over one another in an exact and regular order , armed with ...
... birds , is the neat position of the feathers , lying all one way , answering at once the pur- poses of warmth , speed , and security . They mostly tend backward , and are laid over one another in an exact and regular order , armed with ...
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... birds ; in some of which , as the Muscovy duck ( Anas mos- chata ) , the secreted substance has a musk . like odour . " The statement just given from Willughby is adopted by most of the syste- matic writers , though a few of them take ...
... birds ; in some of which , as the Muscovy duck ( Anas mos- chata ) , the secreted substance has a musk . like odour . " The statement just given from Willughby is adopted by most of the syste- matic writers , though a few of them take ...
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... BIRDS . THE return of spring is the beginning of pleasure . Those vital spirits which seemed locked up during the winter , then begin to expand ; vegetables and insects supply abundance of food ; and the bird having more than a ...
... BIRDS . THE return of spring is the beginning of pleasure . Those vital spirits which seemed locked up during the winter , then begin to expand ; vegetables and insects supply abundance of food ; and the bird having more than a ...
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... birds from observing the poultry in our yards , whose freedom is abridged , and whose manners are totally corrupted by slavery . We must look for it in our fields and our forests , where nature continues in unadulterated simplicity ...
... birds from observing the poultry in our yards , whose freedom is abridged , and whose manners are totally corrupted by slavery . We must look for it in our fields and our forests , where nature continues in unadulterated simplicity ...
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... birds , that with us make a very warm nest , are less solicitous in the tropical climates , where the heat of the weather promotes the business of incubation . In general , however , every species of birds has a peculiar archi- tecture ...
... birds , that with us make a very warm nest , are less solicitous in the tropical climates , where the heat of the weather promotes the business of incubation . In general , however , every species of birds has a peculiar archi- tecture ...
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