Encyclopaedia Americana. A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography. A New Ed.; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the 7th Ed of the German Conversations-lexicon, Volum 4Lea & Blanchard, 1849 |
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... animal matter , spending their time on the sandy or rocky bottom of deep waters , and only approaching the shallows when impelled by the necessity of undergoing their change of shell , or when under the sexual influence . The common ...
... animal matter , spending their time on the sandy or rocky bottom of deep waters , and only approaching the shallows when impelled by the necessity of undergoing their change of shell , or when under the sexual influence . The common ...
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... animal to avoid spilling , or rather washing off his lading ; and he therefore rises in the gentlest and most ... animals , especially by certain birds , whose long bills are adapted to picking them out from the bottom of their dens ...
... animal to avoid spilling , or rather washing off his lading ; and he therefore rises in the gentlest and most ... animals , especially by certain birds , whose long bills are adapted to picking them out from the bottom of their dens ...
Pàgina 41
... animal , ap- pear to be derived from his statement : such are the stories of the bird which picks the crocodile's teeth , and that the animal moves only the upper jaw . The latter assertion , though utterly incorrect , is repeated ...
... animal , ap- pear to be derived from his statement : such are the stories of the bird which picks the crocodile's teeth , and that the animal moves only the upper jaw . The latter assertion , though utterly incorrect , is repeated ...
Pàgina 56
... animal matter , which this bird discovers , by the acuteness of his sense of smelling , at great distances , and flies to the feast with unerring precision . When carrion is not attainable , the raven feeds on various fruits , insects ...
... animal matter , which this bird discovers , by the acuteness of his sense of smelling , at great distances , and flies to the feast with unerring precision . When carrion is not attainable , the raven feeds on various fruits , insects ...
Pàgina 57
... animal to swal- low . During the hard winter alluded to , immense flocks were observed passing from the direction of the famous roosting place in the vicinity of Bristol , Pa . ( partic- ularly noted by Wilson ) , towards the shores of ...
... animal to swal- low . During the hard winter alluded to , immense flocks were observed passing from the direction of the famous roosting place in the vicinity of Bristol , Pa . ( partic- ularly noted by Wilson ) , towards the shores of ...
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