The Domestic Habits of BirdsC. Knight, 1833 - 379 pàgines |
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... produced incites the bird to examine the feathers contiguous to the part ; and by nibbling every plumelet with its beak , it soon succeeds in bringing them into their proper position , while it frees them , at the same time , from any ...
... produced incites the bird to examine the feathers contiguous to the part ; and by nibbling every plumelet with its beak , it soon succeeds in bringing them into their proper position , while it frees them , at the same time , from any ...
Pàgina 9
... produced a dust , the colour of the feathers there . This dust was not in small quantities ; for , upon striking the breast , the yellow powder flew in full greater quantity than from a hair - dresser's powder- puff . The feathers of ...
... produced a dust , the colour of the feathers there . This dust was not in small quantities ; for , upon striking the breast , the yellow powder flew in full greater quantity than from a hair - dresser's powder- puff . The feathers of ...
Pàgina 12
... produces , some hours after and perhaps the next day , a sudden stroke of palsy , by which they drop with a scream , having lost the use of one or both legs , and often with the mouths distorted . In this state the general health does ...
... produces , some hours after and perhaps the next day , a sudden stroke of palsy , by which they drop with a scream , having lost the use of one or both legs , and often with the mouths distorted . In this state the general health does ...
Pàgina 20
... produced from the salivaryt , and not from the rump - glands . By attending minutely to the operation , indeed , the tongue may be perceived to be as actively employed as the other parts of the bill , * J. R. † Huber , De Lingua Pici ...
... produced from the salivaryt , and not from the rump - glands . By attending minutely to the operation , indeed , the tongue may be perceived to be as actively employed as the other parts of the bill , * J. R. † Huber , De Lingua Pici ...
Pàgina 32
... produced by thrusting a red - hot poker into water ; and frequently a snuffling , like a dog clearing his nostrils , as , I suppose , they were theirs . * Voyage , Hist , de l'Amer . Merid . i . 52. 4to , Amst . , 1752 . On observing ...
... produced by thrusting a red - hot poker into water ; and frequently a snuffling , like a dog clearing his nostrils , as , I suppose , they were theirs . * Voyage , Hist , de l'Amer . Merid . i . 52. 4to , Amst . , 1752 . On observing ...
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