Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - 413 páginas |
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... feet of a chest of drawers which stood at a little distance from it , high enough on its legs to make the bottom a roof for him ; using for this purpose dried turf and sticks , which he laid very even , and filling up the interstices ...
... feet of a chest of drawers which stood at a little distance from it , high enough on its legs to make the bottom a roof for him ; using for this purpose dried turf and sticks , which he laid very even , and filling up the interstices ...
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William John Broderip. webbed hind - feet of the beaver turn in so as to give the appearance of deformity ; but if the toes were straight , instead of being incurved , the animal could not use them so readily for the purpose of keeping ...
William John Broderip. webbed hind - feet of the beaver turn in so as to give the appearance of deformity ; but if the toes were straight , instead of being incurved , the animal could not use them so readily for the purpose of keeping ...
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... feet have been given as the actual measurement across the ex- panded wings of the great vulture of the Andes . The old male belonging to the society , a very fine specimen , measures eleven feet from tip to tip when his wings are ...
... feet have been given as the actual measurement across the ex- panded wings of the great vulture of the Andes . The old male belonging to the society , a very fine specimen , measures eleven feet from tip to tip when his wings are ...
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... feet above the level of the sea , on such ledges and plateaux as ' The Condor's Look - out , ' ' The Condor's Nest , ' ' The Condor's Roost , ' the nestling first breathes the highly - rarefied air . A year elapses , it is asserted ...
... feet above the level of the sea , on such ledges and plateaux as ' The Condor's Look - out , ' ' The Condor's Nest , ' ' The Condor's Roost , ' the nestling first breathes the highly - rarefied air . A year elapses , it is asserted ...
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... feet for several minutes , in a manner that would have done credit to Mr. Calcraft and his assistants . The execution being apparently over , the lasso was removed : the bird got up , and walked about as if nothing had happened . A ...
... feet for several minutes , in a manner that would have done credit to Mr. Calcraft and his assistants . The execution being apparently over , the lasso was removed : the bird got up , and walked about as if nothing had happened . A ...
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