British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, 10. köideMitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... trees , in a distant perspective , seem no larger than small bushes that are nearer to us . Hearing . The undulations of the at- mosphere , excited by the vibrations of sonorous bodies , are collected in the ex- ternal ear and auditory ...
... trees , in a distant perspective , seem no larger than small bushes that are nearer to us . Hearing . The undulations of the at- mosphere , excited by the vibrations of sonorous bodies , are collected in the ex- ternal ear and auditory ...
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... trees and sequestered situations . They are distin- guished by having four toes from the fol- lowing species , which has only three : P. tridactyla , the Abyssinian plant - cutter . This is of the size of a gros - beak , delights in ...
... trees and sequestered situations . They are distin- guished by having four toes from the fol- lowing species , which has only three : P. tridactyla , the Abyssinian plant - cutter . This is of the size of a gros - beak , delights in ...
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... trees , and are perpetually in search of those crevices in which their food is lodged . These insects they transfix with their missile and daggered tongue , which , when it has obtained its purpose , is by an almost invisible motion ...
... trees , and are perpetually in search of those crevices in which their food is lodged . These insects they transfix with their missile and daggered tongue , which , when it has obtained its purpose , is by an almost invisible motion ...
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... trees , which they are said to excavate speedily , so as to expose them to be blown down by winds which would not otherwise have affected them ; under the hole made by these birds may be of ten found several pecks of dust and pieces of ...
... trees , which they are said to excavate speedily , so as to expose them to be blown down by winds which would not otherwise have affected them ; under the hole made by these birds may be of ten found several pecks of dust and pieces of ...
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... tree , which they have been instrumental in forming . The female lays six white nearly transparent eggs in April . Their food is not confined to the larva of insects , but they delight in several kinds of fruits , as cherries , gum ...
... tree , which they have been instrumental in forming . The female lays six white nearly transparent eggs in April . Their food is not confined to the larva of insects , but they delight in several kinds of fruits , as cherries , gum ...
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