Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Том 21829 |
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... upper parts of the body of the Porcupine are covered , and which measure from nine to fifteen inches in length , are In this order the animals are furnished with two remark- ably large and long front teeth in each jaw ; but have no ...
... upper parts of the body of the Porcupine are covered , and which measure from nine to fifteen inches in length , are In this order the animals are furnished with two remark- ably large and long front teeth in each jaw ; but have no ...
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... upper jaw truncated , and excavated with a transverse angle ; and those of the lower jaw are transverse at the tips . There are four grinders on each side . The tail is long , depressed , and scaly ; and there are collar - bones in the ...
... upper jaw truncated , and excavated with a transverse angle ; and those of the lower jaw are transverse at the tips . There are four grinders on each side . The tail is long , depressed , and scaly ; and there are collar - bones in the ...
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... upper room at Exeter ' Change , London , two Beavers , which had been there some time . They were very tame , and would suffer themselves to be handled by the visitors ; but most persons were alarmed , on approaching them , by the ...
... upper room at Exeter ' Change , London , two Beavers , which had been there some time . They were very tame , and would suffer themselves to be handled by the visitors ; but most persons were alarmed , on approaching them , by the ...
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... upper parts , having the sides of the head and the under parts white . The legs and tail are grayish ; and the under parts of the body of a dull white . The head of the Lemming is large , short , and thick . The body is also thick ; the ...
... upper parts , having the sides of the head and the under parts white . The legs and tail are grayish ; and the under parts of the body of a dull white . The head of the Lemming is large , short , and thick . The body is also thick ; the ...
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... upper , and four in the lower jaw . They have collar - bones in the skeleton . + DESCRIPTION . This animal is about sixteen inches in length , has a short tail , and bears some resemblance both to the rat and the bear . The colour is ...
... upper , and four in the lower jaw . They have collar - bones in the skeleton . + DESCRIPTION . This animal is about sixteen inches in length , has a short tail , and bears some resemblance both to the rat and the bear . The colour is ...
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afterwards animals appearance Argali ash-colour attack beak belly bill birds birds of prey Black Woodpecker body breast breed Brit brown Buffon cage Camels cere chiefly claws colour Cuckoo DESCRIPTION devour distance dusky Eagle eggs eight eyes Fallow Deer feathers feed feet female flesh flight flocks fore four frequently ground hair head Hen Harrier herd hind Hippopotamus holes horns horse hunters inches inhabitants insects killed kind Lapland legs length maize male mandible manner mouth native nearly neck nest never noise nostrils observed Parrot Pigeons plumage prey Quad quadrupeds rabbets Rats rendered Rooks says seldom short side singular skin sometimes soon species spermaceti spiracles spot Squirrel Swallows SYNONYMS tail Tapir teeth thick Titmouse toes Toucan trees tribe upper usually Whale whole wild wings winter woods yellow young young-ones Zool
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Сторінка 127 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield.
Сторінка 241 - ... which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and, though her parental affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground.
Сторінка 126 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength; He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
Сторінка 84 - With selfish care avoid a brother's woe. What shall he do ? His once so vivid nerves, So full of buoyant spirit, now no more Inspire the course ; but fainting breathless toil, Sick, seizes on his heart: he stands at bay, And puts his last weak refuge in despair. The big round tears run down his dappled face ; He groans in anguish ; while the growling pack, Blood-happy, hang at his fair jutting chest, And mark his beauteous checker'd sides with gore.
Сторінка 304 - It is an attested fact, that if a ring be dropped into a deep well, and a signal given to him, he will fly down with amazing celerity, catch the ring before it touches the water...
Сторінка 320 - Up springs the lark, Shrill-voiced, and loud, the messenger of morn ; Ere yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts Calls up the tuneful nations.
Сторінка 264 - ... downwards is very broad, with a considerable depression in the middle. This depression seems formed by nature for the design of giving a more secure lodgment to the egg of the hedge-sparrow, or its young one, when the young cuckoo is employed in removing either of them from the nest. When it is about twelve days old, this cavity is quite filled up, and then the back assumes the shape of nestling birds in general.
Сторінка 84 - He sweeps the forest oft; and sobbing sees The glades, mild opening to the golden day; Where, in kind contest, with his butting friends He wont to struggle, or his loves enjoy.
Сторінка 277 - ... bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman, he fixes it as it were in a vice, in some cleft of a tree, or in some crevice, when, standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell.
Сторінка 263 - When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care.