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... afterwards , as he was feeding them from the barn- door , a large hawk suddenly turned the corner of the barn , and made a pitch at the Bantam - hen . She im- mediately gave the alarm , by a noise which is natural to poultry on such ...
... afterwards , as he was feeding them from the barn- door , a large hawk suddenly turned the corner of the barn , and made a pitch at the Bantam - hen . She im- mediately gave the alarm , by a noise which is natural to poultry on such ...
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... afterwards took them again . This induced the owner , by way of experiment , to have a nest made , and as many eggs put into it as it was thought the cock could conveniently cover . The bird seemed highly pleased with this mark of ...
... afterwards took them again . This induced the owner , by way of experiment , to have a nest made , and as many eggs put into it as it was thought the cock could conveniently cover . The bird seemed highly pleased with this mark of ...
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... having produced several broods , moulted , and the succeeding feathers were exactly like those of a cock . This animal , however , never afterwards had young - ones . THE CHINESE PHEASANT * , AND ARGUS PHEASANT † . THE COMMON PHEASANT . 13.
... having produced several broods , moulted , and the succeeding feathers were exactly like those of a cock . This animal , however , never afterwards had young - ones . THE CHINESE PHEASANT * , AND ARGUS PHEASANT † . THE COMMON PHEASANT . 13.
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... afterwards in the ventricle . At the end of seventy hours , the wings are distinguishable ; and on the head two bub- bles are seen for the brain , one for the bill , and two others for the fore and hind part of the head . Towards the ...
... afterwards in the ventricle . At the end of seventy hours , the wings are distinguishable ; and on the head two bub- bles are seen for the brain , one for the bill , and two others for the fore and hind part of the head . Towards the ...
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... afterwards of the faint colour of a dried rose . The young birds , for some time after they come into the world , are destitute of the helmet , or callous protuberance which is so conspicuous on the heads of the old ones . The voice of ...
... afterwards of the faint colour of a dried rose . The young birds , for some time after they come into the world , are destitute of the helmet , or callous protuberance which is so conspicuous on the heads of the old ones . The voice of ...
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afterwards anal fins animals appear bait belly bill birds Bittern body breed Brit brown Cassowary catch caught coasts colour common Common Pheasant covered Crocodile deposit DESCRIPTION devour distance dorsal fin Ducks Edible Frog eggs Electrical Eel eyes feathers feed feet female fins fish flesh flocks four frequently Frog goose Greek Tortoise ground hatched head hundred inches inhabitants insects islands jaws killed Lapwing legs length Linn.-Le Linnæus Lizard male mandible months mouth nearly neck nest Ostrich oviparous Partridge pectoral fins Pelecan Pheasant Plate plumage pond pounds prey rivers season seen seize seldom Shark shell shoals shore side skin slender snake sometimes soon spawn species spots spring surface swallow swim SYNONYMS tail taken thick Toad toes trees tribe Turtles upper usually voracious weight WHITE STORK whole wings winter worms young young-ones Zool
Popular passages
Page 46 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 282 - ... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth...
Page 96 - ... as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose...
Page 166 - WITCH. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and...
Page 96 - When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace, or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill : in short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea...
Page 51 - Most people have, one time or other, seen a partridge run, and consequently must know that there is no man whatever able to keep up with it ; and it is easy to imagine that if this bird had a longer step, its speed would be considerably augmented. The ostrich...
Page 141 - March last, when it was enough awakened to express its resentments by hissing; and, packing it in a box with earth, carried it eighty miles in post-chaises. The rattle and hurry of the journey so perfectly roused it, that when I turned it out on a border, it walked twice down to the bottom of my garden: however, in the evening, the weather being cold, it buried itself in the loose mould, and continues still concealed.
Page 219 - The aggressor was of the black kind, six feet long; the fugitive was a water snake, nearly of equal dimensions. They soon met, and in the fury of their first encounter, they appeared in an instant firmly twisted together; and whilst their united tails beat the ground, they mutually tried with open jaws to lacerate each other.
Page 315 - THE electric organs of the torpedo are placed on each side of the cranium and gills, reaching from thence to the semicircular cartilages of each great fin, and extending longitudinally from the anterior extremity of the animal to the transverse cartilage, which divides the thorax from the abdomen...
Page 276 - I spake to you formerly, that keeps tame Otters, that he hath known a Pike in extreme hunger, fight with one of his Otters for a Carp that the Otter had caught, and was then bringing out of the water.