Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volumen1491830 |
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... probably has been said to prove the strength and sagacity of birds in flight , and that they are well qualified in every respect for migration . Some birds emigrate from a country to which they never return . Thus magpies , which have ...
... probably has been said to prove the strength and sagacity of birds in flight , and that they are well qualified in every respect for migration . Some birds emigrate from a country to which they never return . Thus magpies , which have ...
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... said to be the most delicate known . The female lays from eight to sixteen , and might by domestication probably be made as prolific as the common hen , which often pro- d duces above a hundred in a season . This bird PREFACE . xiii .
... said to be the most delicate known . The female lays from eight to sixteen , and might by domestication probably be made as prolific as the common hen , which often pro- d duces above a hundred in a season . This bird PREFACE . xiii .
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... probably frustrate every hope of fruitage , but for those useful birds whose young are principally nou- rished by caterpillars . The titmouse , and other small birds , which are frequently seen drawing straws from the thatch of cottages ...
... probably frustrate every hope of fruitage , but for those useful birds whose young are principally nou- rished by caterpillars . The titmouse , and other small birds , which are frequently seen drawing straws from the thatch of cottages ...
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... probably did not intend to seek , the true philosopher's stone , the real and efficacious " pabulum vite , " which alchemists so long , so earnestly , and so vainly sought , and which is the reward of virtue and piety alone . 66 Say ...
... probably did not intend to seek , the true philosopher's stone , the real and efficacious " pabulum vite , " which alchemists so long , so earnestly , and so vainly sought , and which is the reward of virtue and piety alone . 66 Say ...
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... probably did not intend to seek , the true philosopher's stone , the real and efficacious pabulum vite , " which alchemists so long , so earnestly , and so vainly sought , and which is the reward of virtue and piety alone . 66 Say , who ...
... probably did not intend to seek , the true philosopher's stone , the real and efficacious pabulum vite , " which alchemists so long , so earnestly , and so vainly sought , and which is the reward of virtue and piety alone . 66 Say , who ...
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