Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - 413 páginas |
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... Gardens - Arrival there of the Hippopotamus , the Thylacines , and the Snake- charmers 6 • p . 126 CHAPTER VIII . The Chlamydera , or Spotted Bower - Bird - Its range - Opinion of Mr. Gould thereon - Remarkable plumage - The great Bower ...
... Gardens - Arrival there of the Hippopotamus , the Thylacines , and the Snake- charmers 6 • p . 126 CHAPTER VIII . The Chlamydera , or Spotted Bower - Bird - Its range - Opinion of Mr. Gould thereon - Remarkable plumage - The great Bower ...
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... Gardens - The Kangaroo - Pro- fessor Owen's observations and experiments upon this animal -Remarks thereon - Further ... garden of the Zoological Society Fixedness of attitude of the reptiles - Its cause explained - Adaptation of colour ...
... Gardens - The Kangaroo - Pro- fessor Owen's observations and experiments upon this animal -Remarks thereon - Further ... garden of the Zoological Society Fixedness of attitude of the reptiles - Its cause explained - Adaptation of colour ...
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... gardens - The great Land - Tortoise there Escape of the White Bear - Its capture - Improvement sug- gested in keeping the Reptiles - Serpents , and their food- Supposed virtue of the fat of Serpents - A negro bitten by a Serpent ...
... gardens - The great Land - Tortoise there Escape of the White Bear - Its capture - Improvement sug- gested in keeping the Reptiles - Serpents , and their food- Supposed virtue of the fat of Serpents - A negro bitten by a Serpent ...
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... Gardens- The Crested Pigeons there - Curious organization of the Dove - kind Parrots , Macaws , & c .; their mode of feeding each other— Pigeon's milk , ' the joke not altogether ground- less Columbida The Passenger - Pigeon - Its power ...
... Gardens- The Crested Pigeons there - Curious organization of the Dove - kind Parrots , Macaws , & c .; their mode of feeding each other— Pigeon's milk , ' the joke not altogether ground- less Columbida The Passenger - Pigeon - Its power ...
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... Part of this narrative appeared , by the permission of the author , in The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated , 1830. A highly interesting and instructive work . B was half grown , was great . It would drag CHAPTER ...
... Part of this narrative appeared , by the permission of the author , in The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated , 1830. A highly interesting and instructive work . B was half grown , was great . It would drag CHAPTER ...
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African alligator ancient animal appearance avoit beak beast bird bite black stork body bones brought called camel Captain cerastes chameleon Chelone close colour condor creature crocodile death devoured eagle Edition eggs Egypt elephant eyes feathers feed feet female fish flesh four frog Garden Gould hatched head Herodotus hippopotamus hundred hyænas inches incubation insects islands jaws kanguroo killed legs length living looked Major Denham male mouth naia native nature neck nest nestlings never night observed Octavo parents Philemon Holland pigeon plastron Pliny poison prey Professor quadrupeds Regent's Park reptiles rhinoceros ribs river round sand says seems seen serpents shell side skin snake soon species stomach stork story surface swallow tail teeth thylacines tion tortoise tree turtle Van Diemen's Land venomous viper walked white stork wings wound young Zoological Society
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