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Once an intruder is seen the first - described pose is developed , not by any
hurried movement , but by a slow lengthening and attenuation of the figure ' . The
same upright posture is practised in an entirely different environment by Bitterns ...
Once an intruder is seen the first - described pose is developed , not by any
hurried movement , but by a slow lengthening and attenuation of the figure ' . The
same upright posture is practised in an entirely different environment by Bitterns ...
Page 330
The nearly allied D . mycterizans , from India , a species growing to a length of
over six feet , and intensely green in colour , has been described by Wall ( 645 )
as usually reclining on the topmost boughs of bushes , where it would generally ...
The nearly allied D . mycterizans , from India , a species growing to a length of
over six feet , and intensely green in colour , has been described by Wall ( 645 )
as usually reclining on the topmost boughs of bushes , where it would generally ...
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Description of a new Form of Ratel ( Mellivora ) from Sierra Leone , with Notes
upon the described African Forms of this Genus . Proc . Zool . Soc . London , pp .
394 - 8 , 1 Pl . 481 - 1911 . Some probable and possible Instances of Warning ...
Description of a new Form of Ratel ( Mellivora ) from Sierra Leone , with Notes
upon the described African Forms of this Genus . Proc . Zool . Soc . London , pp .
394 - 8 , 1 Pl . 481 - 1911 . Some probable and possible Instances of Warning ...
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