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... short , and strong . The head and neck , or throat , and in some of the species all three , are covered with naked carunculated or warty flesh , the skin of which is flaccid and membranaceous . The tail is broad , and the birds have the ...
... short , and strong . The head and neck , or throat , and in some of the species all three , are covered with naked carunculated or warty flesh , the skin of which is flaccid and membranaceous . The tail is broad , and the birds have the ...
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... short , brown , stiff feathers , fixed upon the rump , is the real tail , and serves as a support to the train . When the train is elevated , nothing appears of the bird in front , except its head and neck ; but this would not be the ...
... short , brown , stiff feathers , fixed upon the rump , is the real tail , and serves as a support to the train . When the train is elevated , nothing appears of the bird in front , except its head and neck ; but this would not be the ...
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... short , convex , and strong bill ; the head more or less covered with carunculated bare flesh on the sides , which in some species is continued up- wards to the crown , and beneath so as to hang pendent under each jaw ; and the legs in ...
... short , convex , and strong bill ; the head more or less covered with carunculated bare flesh on the sides , which in some species is continued up- wards to the crown , and beneath so as to hang pendent under each jaw ; and the legs in ...
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... short , and ill adapted for considerable flights . On this account , the Phea- sants on the island called Isola Madre in the Lago Maggiore at Turin , as they cannot fly over the lake , are imprisoned . When they attempt to cross , they ...
... short , and ill adapted for considerable flights . On this account , the Phea- sants on the island called Isola Madre in the Lago Maggiore at Turin , as they cannot fly over the lake , are imprisoned . When they attempt to cross , they ...
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... - quent success . OF THE PINTADO TRIBE * . The four species of Pintado hitherto known are all * The bill is strong and short , and the base is covered with natives of Africa , and of islands adjacent to the 22 OF THE PINTADO TRIBE .
... - quent success . OF THE PINTADO TRIBE * . The four species of Pintado hitherto known are all * The bill is strong and short , and the base is covered with natives of Africa , and of islands adjacent to the 22 OF THE PINTADO TRIBE .
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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.