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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... probably 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 ...
... probably 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 ...
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... probably teredines . It appears that these animals must have begun their operations in a young state on the wood when it had been reduced to its present figure and magnitude ; for the moulds which remain in their holes appear to be ...
... probably teredines . It appears that these animals must have begun their operations in a young state on the wood when it had been reduced to its present figure and magnitude ; for the moulds which remain in their holes appear to be ...
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... probably driven here from a great distance by the recent storms , for , though it was miserably poor , it refused fresh fish , and died in the morning , apparently of exhaustion . It is twenty - two inches long.-D. P. Alford , Dec. 9 ...
... probably driven here from a great distance by the recent storms , for , though it was miserably poor , it refused fresh fish , and died in the morning , apparently of exhaustion . It is twenty - two inches long.-D. P. Alford , Dec. 9 ...
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... probably soon disappear as suddenly and mysteriously as they came . - Melbourne Corre- spondent of the Times . SHORT - FINNED TUNNY ( Thynnus brachypterus ) .— This fish is a native of the Mediterranean , where , perhaps , it is equally ...
... probably soon disappear as suddenly and mysteriously as they came . - Melbourne Corre- spondent of the Times . SHORT - FINNED TUNNY ( Thynnus brachypterus ) .— This fish is a native of the Mediterranean , where , perhaps , it is equally ...
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... probably pass into my charge ; but the answer I got was that there was no intention of parting with it . I quite forgot the gentleman's name , but if he should read this he will perhaps kindly accept it as an apology for what I did not ...
... probably pass into my charge ; but the answer I got was that there was no intention of parting with it . I quite forgot the gentleman's name , but if he should read this he will perhaps kindly accept it as an apology for what I did not ...
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