The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 291F. Jefferies, 1967 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... megapods - a large gregarious , rasorial bird about the size of a turkey , black and brown above and silvery below . One mark of all the megapods , as said already , is their relatively large feet , with the toes on a level as in the ...
... megapods - a large gregarious , rasorial bird about the size of a turkey , black and brown above and silvery below . One mark of all the megapods , as said already , is their relatively large feet , with the toes on a level as in the ...
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... Megapod or mound bird ( see Megapod ) , and quotes this from a well- known author as instance : " Look at this ... megapods , so far as we can learn , in the form of its eggs , its systematic way of placing them in the heap , thin ...
... Megapod or mound bird ( see Megapod ) , and quotes this from a well- known author as instance : " Look at this ... megapods , so far as we can learn , in the form of its eggs , its systematic way of placing them in the heap , thin ...
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... megapod which had evidently just laid an egg . I dissected it , and from a careful examination it would seem that the eggs are laid at long intervals apart , for the largest egg in the ovary was only about the size of a large pea , and ...
... megapod which had evidently just laid an egg . I dissected it , and from a careful examination it would seem that the eggs are laid at long intervals apart , for the largest egg in the ovary was only about the size of a large pea , and ...
Contents
570 | 229 |
Peakland Township Some Bygone Happenings in a By JOHN HYDE 389 | 288 |
The HooliganFrom Mohock to HooliganDecay of Discipline 519 | 618 |
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