Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 7. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 479
... common linnet , and has a blood - coloured fpot on the forehead , and the breaft of the male is tinged with a fine rofe - colour . It is a common fraud in the bird - fhops in London , when a male - bird is di- ftinguished from the ...
... common linnet , and has a blood - coloured fpot on the forehead , and the breaft of the male is tinged with a fine rofe - colour . It is a common fraud in the bird - fhops in London , when a male - bird is di- ftinguished from the ...
Page 493
... COMMON GALLINULE , is in length about 14 inches , and has a bald forehead and broad flat toes . It gets its food on graffy banks , and borders near fresh waters , and in the very waters if they be weedy . It builds upon low trees and ...
... COMMON GALLINULE , is in length about 14 inches , and has a bald forehead and broad flat toes . It gets its food on graffy banks , and borders near fresh waters , and in the very waters if they be weedy . It builds upon low trees and ...
Page 582
... common air . 5. Dephlogiflicated air supports animal life and flame in the moft perfect manner , but is lefs friendly to ve- getables ; though it seems not to poffefs any property abfolutely detrimental to them , further than as it con ...
... common air . 5. Dephlogiflicated air supports animal life and flame in the moft perfect manner , but is lefs friendly to ve- getables ; though it seems not to poffefs any property abfolutely detrimental to them , further than as it con ...
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