Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Том 31829 |
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... hatching them , as scarcely to afford himself time to take the food necessary for his support . At the usual period , twenty - eight young - ones were produced and the cock , which was in some measure the parent of this numerous ...
... hatching them , as scarcely to afford himself time to take the food necessary for his support . At the usual period , twenty - eight young - ones were produced and the cock , which was in some measure the parent of this numerous ...
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... hatched under the tame birds , the offspring are said still to re- tain a certain degree of wildness , and to perch separate from the others ; yet they will mix and breed together in the season . The Indians make an elegant clothing of ...
... hatched under the tame birds , the offspring are said still to re- tain a certain degree of wildness , and to perch separate from the others ; yet they will mix and breed together in the season . The Indians make an elegant clothing of ...
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... hatching in- stantly darted at him , and threw him on his back . In this situation the hawk defended himself with his ... hatched in two days , and the hen brought them up perfectly well till they were five or six weeks old . During that ...
... hatching in- stantly darted at him , and threw him on his back . In this situation the hawk defended himself with his ... hatched in two days , and the hen brought them up perfectly well till they were five or six weeks old . During that ...
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... hatching , are truly extraordinary . She covers her eggs with her wings , fostering them with a genial warmth ; and often turns them , and changes their situations , that all their ... hatched in Egypt by means of THE DOMESTIC COCK . 17.
... hatching , are truly extraordinary . She covers her eggs with her wings , fostering them with a genial warmth ; and often turns them , and changes their situations , that all their ... hatched in Egypt by means of THE DOMESTIC COCK . 17.
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William Bingley. Chickens have long been hatched in Egypt by means of artificial heat . This is now chiefly practised ... hatching , it is easy , in every oven , to produce eight different broods of chickens in the year . The ovens where ...
William Bingley. Chickens have long been hatched in Egypt by means of artificial heat . This is now chiefly practised ... hatching , it is easy , in every oven , to produce eight different broods of chickens in the year . The ovens where ...
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afterwards anal fins animals appear bait belly bill birds Bittern body breed Brit brown Cassowary catch caught coasts colour common Common Pheasant covered Crocodile deposit DESCRIPTION devour distance dorsal fin Ducks Edible Frog eggs Electrical Eel eyes feathers feed feet female fins fish flesh flocks four frequently Frog goose Greek Tortoise ground hatched head hundred inches inhabitants insects islands jaws killed Lapwing legs length Linn.-Le Linnæus Lizard male mandible months mouth nearly neck nest Ostrich oviparous Partridge pectoral fins Pelecan Pheasant Plate plumage pond pounds prey rivers season seen seize seldom Shark shell shoals shore side skin slender snake sometimes soon spawn species spots spring surface swallow swim SYNONYMS tail taken thick Toad toes trees tribe Turtles upper usually voracious weight WHITE STORK whole wings winter worms young young-ones Zool
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