Field and Forest Rambles: With Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern CanadaHenry S. King & Company, 1873 - 333 стор. |
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... Species Making Bear - Influence of Forest Reclamation on the Habits of Animals - Fox and its Varieties - Albinism and Melanism CHAPTER III . Aspect of the Forest after a Snow - storm - Tracks of Wild Animals on the Snow - Hare ; its ...
... Species Making Bear - Influence of Forest Reclamation on the Habits of Animals - Fox and its Varieties - Albinism and Melanism CHAPTER III . Aspect of the Forest after a Snow - storm - Tracks of Wild Animals on the Snow - Hare ; its ...
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... Species from different Latitudes and Longitudes — Birds laying indefinite numbers of Eggs CHAPTER VI . Habits and Haunts of the Ruby - throated Humming - bird - Migratory Movements of Warblers - Swallows and their Migrations-- Influence ...
... Species from different Latitudes and Longitudes — Birds laying indefinite numbers of Eggs CHAPTER VI . Habits and Haunts of the Ruby - throated Humming - bird - Migratory Movements of Warblers - Swallows and their Migrations-- Influence ...
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... Species - Ducks Building in Trees - Abnormal Habits of Animals - Celibacy among Birds - Strange Habits of the Great Northern Diver- Attachment to its Young - A Loon Hunt - Reptiles - Turtles , Snakes - Frogs - Tritons . PART III ...
... Species - Ducks Building in Trees - Abnormal Habits of Animals - Celibacy among Birds - Strange Habits of the Great Northern Diver- Attachment to its Young - A Loon Hunt - Reptiles - Turtles , Snakes - Frogs - Tritons . PART III ...
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... species by means of mill - dams and other artificial barriers , and the illicit use of the spear and net , vast shoals of salmon , white fishes , smelts , shad , etc. , continue to frequent a few of their ancient haunts , and require ...
... species by means of mill - dams and other artificial barriers , and the illicit use of the spear and net , vast shoals of salmon , white fishes , smelts , shad , etc. , continue to frequent a few of their ancient haunts , and require ...
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... species back into unrecorded times , more particu- larly in the New World , where the transition from savagery to civilization is , comparatively speaking , but of yesterday . Our speculations , therefore , with reference to the habits ...
... species back into unrecorded times , more particu- larly in the New World , where the transition from savagery to civilization is , comparatively speaking , but of yesterday . Our speculations , therefore , with reference to the habits ...
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