The Progress of Creation, Considered with Reference to the Present Condition of the Earth1837 |
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Pàgina viii
... birds and fishes - Curious formation of the feathered tribes - Different modes of flight observed from the sum- mit of Dinas Braw at Llangollen - Migratory birds ; viii CONTENTS .
... birds and fishes - Curious formation of the feathered tribes - Different modes of flight observed from the sum- mit of Dinas Braw at Llangollen - Migratory birds ; viii CONTENTS .
Pàgina ix
Mary Roberts. mit of Dinas Braw at Llangollen - Migratory birds ; subserviency to the use of man - Sketches of the coun- tries to which they resort - Songs of birds - Pass of Llynberris in North Wales - Voice of the Cuckoo - Poetry ...
Mary Roberts. mit of Dinas Braw at Llangollen - Migratory birds ; subserviency to the use of man - Sketches of the coun- tries to which they resort - Songs of birds - Pass of Llynberris in North Wales - Voice of the Cuckoo - Poetry ...
Pàgina 13
... birds also , and some animals have no other supply . " The air , too , he would conjecture to be sultry , the country a parched one , and his conjectures would be right . Birch - worts grow in those trembling and frothy - looking ...
... birds also , and some animals have no other supply . " The air , too , he would conjecture to be sultry , the country a parched one , and his conjectures would be right . Birch - worts grow in those trembling and frothy - looking ...
Pàgina 14
... birds , that fly in and out among the branches . On draw- ing near , he observes a small bag , shaped like a pitcher ... bird , or insect , has had sufficient time to quench its thirst , for the heavens do not immediately become clear ...
... birds , that fly in and out among the branches . On draw- ing near , he observes a small bag , shaped like a pitcher ... bird , or insect , has had sufficient time to quench its thirst , for the heavens do not immediately become clear ...
Pàgina 15
... bird introduces its narrow bill ; but if the insect or bird had instead of these , mouths constructed like a fish , and those peculiar tongues , which distinguish aquatic natures , considerable difficulty would arise , and the pitcher ...
... bird introduces its narrow bill ; but if the insect or bird had instead of these , mouths constructed like a fish , and those peculiar tongues , which distinguish aquatic natures , considerable difficulty would arise , and the pitcher ...
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