The Natural History of Selborne: And the Naturalist's CalendarFrederick Warne and Company, 1879 - 470 Seiten |
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... wings , and make no dispatch ; herons seem encumbered with too much sail for their light bodies , but these vast hollow wings are necessary in carrying burdens , such as large fishes and the like ; 1 pigeons , and particularly the sort ...
... wings , and make no dispatch ; herons seem encumbered with too much sail for their light bodies , but these vast hollow wings are necessary in carrying burdens , such as large fishes and the like ; 1 pigeons , and particularly the sort ...
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... wings , as well as by the impulse of their feet : but such is really the case , as any person may easily be convinced , who will observe ducks when hunted by dogs in a clear pond . Nor do I know that any one has given a reason why the wings ...
... wings , as well as by the impulse of their feet : but such is really the case , as any person may easily be convinced , who will observe ducks when hunted by dogs in a clear pond . Nor do I know that any one has given a reason why the wings ...
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... wings expanded was forty - two inches . A person attempted to eat the body , but found it very strong and rancid , as is the flesh of all birds living on fish . Divers or loons , though bred in the most northerly parts of Europe , yet ...
... wings expanded was forty - two inches . A person attempted to eat the body , but found it very strong and rancid , as is the flesh of all birds living on fish . Divers or loons , though bred in the most northerly parts of Europe , yet ...
Inhalt
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE | 3 |
THE ANTIGUITIES OF SELBORN | 381 |
SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER | 437 |
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