Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences, compiled by a society of gentlemen in Scotland [ed. by W. Smellie]. Suppl. to the 3rd. ed., by G. Gleig, Volume 5 |
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... . Rothfay , Population in 1755- 2222 4032 Arran . Kingarth , Kilbride , 1369 Kilmorie , 998 727 2545 2127 3259 Total , 6866 10,563 6866 Increase , D 2 3697 BUTEO , Buteo , BUTEO , the trivial name of a species BUT BU T [ 27 ]
... . Rothfay , Population in 1755- 2222 4032 Arran . Kingarth , Kilbride , 1369 Kilmorie , 998 727 2545 2127 3259 Total , 6866 10,563 6866 Increase , D 2 3697 BUTEO , Buteo , BUTEO , the trivial name of a species BUT BU T [ 27 ]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica James Millar. Buteo , BUTEO , the trivial name of a species of FALCO . Butler . See ORNITHOLOGY Index . BUTLER , CHARLES , a native of Wycomb in the county of Bucks , and a mafter of arts in Magdalen college ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica James Millar. Buteo , BUTEO , the trivial name of a species of FALCO . Butler . See ORNITHOLOGY Index . BUTLER , CHARLES , a native of Wycomb in the county of Bucks , and a mafter of arts in Magdalen college ...
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... species of the hawk kind . See FALCO , ORNITHOLOGY Index . BYBLUS , in Ancient Geography , a town of Pho- nicia , fituated between Berytus and Botrys ; it was the royal refidence of Cinyras ; facred to Adonis . Pom- pey delivered it ...
... species of the hawk kind . See FALCO , ORNITHOLOGY Index . BYBLUS , in Ancient Geography , a town of Pho- nicia , fituated between Berytus and Botrys ; it was the royal refidence of Cinyras ; facred to Adonis . Pom- pey delivered it ...
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... species is frequently eaten by the inha- bitants of the Weft Indies . The fruits are about three quarters of an inch in length , of a taper form , drawing to a point at the bottom toward the plant , but blunt at the top where the ...
... species is frequently eaten by the inha- bitants of the Weft Indies . The fruits are about three quarters of an inch in length , of a taper form , drawing to a point at the bottom toward the plant , but blunt at the top where the ...
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... species of this ferpent , viz . 1. The tenta- culata , has 135 rúgæ . It is about a foot long , and an inch in circumference , preferving an uniform cylindri- cal fhape from the one end to the other . The teeth are very small . It has ...
... species of this ferpent , viz . 1. The tenta- culata , has 135 rúgæ . It is about a foot long , and an inch in circumference , preferving an uniform cylindri- cal fhape from the one end to the other . The teeth are very small . It has ...
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