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... birds . The only animals described are those with red blood : the description of the rest being reserved for the fourth book . Their internal organs are also described ; and in the course of the book a few animals , as the аре , ele ...
... birds . The only animals described are those with red blood : the description of the rest being reserved for the fourth book . Their internal organs are also described ; and in the course of the book a few animals , as the аре , ele ...
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... bird or fish , for all these differ if either compared with their own class or with another , and there are many forms of birds and fishes . 3. Nearly all their parts differ in them according to the opposition of their external ...
... bird or fish , for all these differ if either compared with their own class or with another , and there are many forms of birds and fishes . 3. Nearly all their parts differ in them according to the opposition of their external ...
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... bird , for that which is a feather in the birds is a scale in the fish . With regard then to the parts which each class of animal possesses , they agree and differ in this manner , and also in the position of the parts . For many ...
... bird , for that which is a feather in the birds is a scale in the fish . With regard then to the parts which each class of animal possesses , they agree and differ in this manner , and also in the position of the parts . For many ...
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... birds there are some with very imperfect feet , which are therefore called apodes ; they are , however , provided with very strong wings , and almost all birds that are similar to this one have strong wings and imperfect feet , as the ...
... birds there are some with very imperfect feet , which are therefore called apodes ; they are , however , provided with very strong wings , and almost all birds that are similar to this one have strong wings and imperfect feet , as the ...
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... birds , are hard - shelled , and are of two colours . Those of the selache and some other animals are soft - skinned , and have only one colour . Some species of the vermiform fœtus are capable of motion , others are not . But in ...
... birds , are hard - shelled , and are of two colours . Those of the selache and some other animals are soft - skinned , and have only one colour . Some species of the vermiform fœtus are capable of motion , others are not . But in ...
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