American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 5Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... birds , & c . The prices for embalming were different ; the highest was a talent , the next 20 minæ , and so decreasing to a very small mat- ter ; but those who had not wherewithall to answer this expense , contented them- selves with ...
... birds , & c . The prices for embalming were different ; the highest was a talent , the next 20 minæ , and so decreasing to a very small mat- ter ; but those who had not wherewithall to answer this expense , contented them- selves with ...
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... birds of the order Passeres . Generic character : bill conic ; mandibles receding from each other , from the base downwards ; the lower with the sides narrowed in ; the upper containing a large knob , of use to break hard seeds . There ...
... birds of the order Passeres . Generic character : bill conic ; mandibles receding from each other , from the base downwards ; the lower with the sides narrowed in ; the upper containing a large knob , of use to break hard seeds . There ...
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... birds are also particularly common in England , and appear fre- quently in vast flocks , especially in the winter , during which they are caught in nets , or shot in vast numbers , and sold to many under the successful pretence of their ...
... birds are also particularly common in England , and appear fre- quently in vast flocks , especially in the winter , during which they are caught in nets , or shot in vast numbers , and sold to many under the successful pretence of their ...
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... birds . It conceals itself in its hole during the day , and by night wanders in search of food . It builds its nest of moss , and produces four or five young ones at a birth . These animals possess the curious , though not completely ...
... birds . It conceals itself in its hole during the day , and by night wanders in search of food . It builds its nest of moss , and produces four or five young ones at a birth . These animals possess the curious , though not completely ...
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... bird : but being una- ble to separate these from the body , it became , in this instance , the victim of its voracity . It will engage with the otter in the most ferocious and persevering con- tests for any article of food , and after ...
... bird : but being una- ble to separate these from the body , it became , in this instance , the victim of its voracity . It will engage with the otter in the most ferocious and persevering con- tests for any article of food , and after ...
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