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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... never have been known but by watching them in a state of captivity ; e . g . the method of feeding the young , in the case of such birds as the Owl , Wryneck , and others building in dark and often inaccessible holes ; the different ...
... never have been known but by watching them in a state of captivity ; e . g . the method of feeding the young , in the case of such birds as the Owl , Wryneck , and others building in dark and often inaccessible holes ; the different ...
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... never seen him perching but with two toes before and two behind . Until very lately I believed that the Owl never touched water ; for though I had frequently placed it in his cage , and kept it there for two or three weeks , I could never ...
... never seen him perching but with two toes before and two behind . Until very lately I believed that the Owl never touched water ; for though I had frequently placed it in his cage , and kept it there for two or three weeks , I could never ...
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... never displays its light unless the soil is disturbed . The first time that I observed it was in the passage at the back of an old bush house near Mount Elephant , one very wet night . The rain had beaten in under the door , and the ...
... never displays its light unless the soil is disturbed . The first time that I observed it was in the passage at the back of an old bush house near Mount Elephant , one very wet night . The rain had beaten in under the door , and the ...
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... never known an instance of a Coco de Mer having been blown down . " - Bernardin . VEGETABLE ORIGIN OF COAL . - Though exhibit- ing little structure , there is no doubt of the vegetable origin of all coal . In some cases , shells and ...
... never known an instance of a Coco de Mer having been blown down . " - Bernardin . VEGETABLE ORIGIN OF COAL . - Though exhibit- ing little structure , there is no doubt of the vegetable origin of all coal . In some cases , shells and ...
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... never die of old age , but only of accident , or neglect , cold , heat , hunger , and so forth . I have kept anemones and madrepores for many years - the same specimens , -and I have never been able to detect any signs which may be ...
... never die of old age , but only of accident , or neglect , cold , heat , hunger , and so forth . I have kept anemones and madrepores for many years - the same specimens , -and I have never been able to detect any signs which may be ...
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