Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, כרך 1491830 |
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עמוד vi
... known to wind their prey at immense distances . In decoys , where ducks are caught , the men who attend them universally keep a burning turf near their mouths , lest the fowl should smell their breath , which would drive them away . The ...
... known to wind their prey at immense distances . In decoys , where ducks are caught , the men who attend them universally keep a burning turf near their mouths , lest the fowl should smell their breath , which would drive them away . The ...
עמוד vii
... known ; it was , however , more than thirty years , for previously to that period Mr. O'Kelly bought her at Bristol , for a hundred guineas . The Colonel was repeatedly offered a hundred guineas a year for the bird , by persons who ...
... known ; it was , however , more than thirty years , for previously to that period Mr. O'Kelly bought her at Bristol , for a hundred guineas . The Colonel was repeatedly offered a hundred guineas a year for the bird , by persons who ...
עמוד xi
... known , for the distance they go , run much faster than hares . The slowest flying hawk will strike upon a rabbit with scarce- ly any appearance of moving ; yet this hawk flies too slow to catch a partridge , and one of still greater ...
... known , for the distance they go , run much faster than hares . The slowest flying hawk will strike upon a rabbit with scarce- ly any appearance of moving ; yet this hawk flies too slow to catch a partridge , and one of still greater ...
עמוד xii
... known in Ireland only about seventy years , are now as numerous there as in Scotland , from whence they most likely originally strayed . The same spirit of coloniza- tion has been remarked among woodlarks , which are now seen where a ...
... known in Ireland only about seventy years , are now as numerous there as in Scotland , from whence they most likely originally strayed . The same spirit of coloniza- tion has been remarked among woodlarks , which are now seen where a ...
עמוד xiii
... known as to require no illustration . It is worthy of re- mark that , out of nearly four thousand different species of birds de- scribed by Latham , not more than ten or twelve have been rendered serviceable to man by domestication ...
... known as to require no illustration . It is worthy of re- mark that , out of nearly four thousand different species of birds de- scribed by Latham , not more than ten or twelve have been rendered serviceable to man by domestication ...
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