Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 2. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1867 |
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... given him , he always seizes it by the head and neck with his claws , and it is dead almost immediately , apparently strangled . After one shriek from a bird ( and that is seldom given ) , the victim lies perfectly quiet and resigned ...
... given him , he always seizes it by the head and neck with his claws , and it is dead almost immediately , apparently strangled . After one shriek from a bird ( and that is seldom given ) , the victim lies perfectly quiet and resigned ...
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... given , any guess hazarded , as to why the wood - pecker acts so wisely as he does in selecting the pitch - pine alone for storing his food . Why not take the white - fir , the cedar , alder , or hundreds of other trees that to an ...
... given , any guess hazarded , as to why the wood - pecker acts so wisely as he does in selecting the pitch - pine alone for storing his food . Why not take the white - fir , the cedar , alder , or hundreds of other trees that to an ...
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... given in this paper has been taken ( fig . 2 ) , but sometimes five only have been found . The claws frequently vary somewhat in the curvature of their ends , and are more finely pointed in some instances than in others . I have read ...
... given in this paper has been taken ( fig . 2 ) , but sometimes five only have been found . The claws frequently vary somewhat in the curvature of their ends , and are more finely pointed in some instances than in others . I have read ...
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... given to the subject , and since that period nothing has been attempted in advance . The woodcuts used to illustrate these observations were prepared for that occasion , and have been kindly placed at our disposal by Dr. Watson . The ...
... given to the subject , and since that period nothing has been attempted in advance . The woodcuts used to illustrate these observations were prepared for that occasion , and have been kindly placed at our disposal by Dr. Watson . The ...
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... given out at that part of the body which is touched , and in colour and appearance exactly resembles a very minute electrical spark , perfectly sharp and distinct , not at all like the light from dead shell - fish . - E . T. Scott ...
... given out at that part of the body which is touched , and in colour and appearance exactly resembles a very minute electrical spark , perfectly sharp and distinct , not at all like the light from dead shell - fish . - E . T. Scott ...
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