Leaves from the Note Book of a NaturalistJ. W. Parker and son, 1852 - 413 páginas |
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... soon made it familiar . When called by its name , ' Binny , ' it generally answered with a little low plaintive cry , and came to its owner . The hearth - rug was its favourite haunt in a winter evening , and thereon it would lie ...
... soon made it familiar . When called by its name , ' Binny , ' it generally answered with a little low plaintive cry , and came to its owner . The hearth - rug was its favourite haunt in a winter evening , and thereon it would lie ...
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... soon began to lose his appetite . In vain did his kind host try every delicacy to tempt his guest . With the exception of a few raisins , the dejected animal would eat nothing , and fell away visibly . Fearing the worst , and 4 LEAVES ...
... soon began to lose his appetite . In vain did his kind host try every delicacy to tempt his guest . With the exception of a few raisins , the dejected animal would eat nothing , and fell away visibly . Fearing the worst , and 4 LEAVES ...
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... soon as another egg was laid it should be placed under a hen . Accord- ingly , on the 7th of May , at half - past seven o'clock , A.M. ( I must be pardoned for being somewhat particular on such an occasion ) , the newly - laid egg was ...
... soon as another egg was laid it should be placed under a hen . Accord- ingly , on the 7th of May , at half - past seven o'clock , A.M. ( I must be pardoned for being somewhat particular on such an occasion ) , the newly - laid egg was ...
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... soon after they have left the egg- shell , but till they are strong enough to be able to trust to their lower extremities she keeps them close , ' hiving them , ' as the old wives say , carefully NOTE - BOOK OF A NATURALIST . 15.
... soon after they have left the egg- shell , but till they are strong enough to be able to trust to their lower extremities she keeps them close , ' hiving them , ' as the old wives say , carefully NOTE - BOOK OF A NATURALIST . 15.
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... a reasoning power , on the part of the hen . In general , as soon as the days of her incubation are fulfilled the hen leaves the nest , if the eggs are addled , or have not been hatched from some other cause . But here 16 LEAVES FROM THE.
... a reasoning power , on the part of the hen . In general , as soon as the days of her incubation are fulfilled the hen leaves the nest , if the eggs are addled , or have not been hatched from some other cause . But here 16 LEAVES FROM THE.
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