The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Tom 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
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... birds , in the Linnæan system of ornithology , the first order of birds ; the characters of which are , that the bill bends downwards , that the up- per mandible is dilated a little on both sides towards the point , or armed with a ...
... birds , in the Linnæan system of ornithology , the first order of birds ; the characters of which are , that the bill bends downwards , that the up- per mandible is dilated a little on both sides towards the point , or armed with a ...
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... birds , and annexed to the human body , might bear it up , and by their motion , produced either by mechanical ... bird with that of the muscles of the breast and arms of a man , finds the latter altogether insufficient to produce , by ...
... birds , and annexed to the human body , might bear it up , and by their motion , produced either by mechanical ... bird with that of the muscles of the breast and arms of a man , finds the latter altogether insufficient to produce , by ...
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... birds of the order of Passeres ; the cha- racters of which are , that the beak is cylin- drical , subulate , and straight , bending to- wards the point , the mandibles are of equal size and opening downwards at their base ; the tongue ...
... birds of the order of Passeres ; the cha- racters of which are , that the beak is cylin- drical , subulate , and straight , bending to- wards the point , the mandibles are of equal size and opening downwards at their base ; the tongue ...
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... bird , or attracted by a mate , in either of which cases they fall like a stone These small birds , at the height to which they soar , are liable to be wafted by the wind ; and they have been observed at sea , clinging to the masts and ...
... bird , or attracted by a mate , in either of which cases they fall like a stone These small birds , at the height to which they soar , are liable to be wafted by the wind ; and they have been observed at sea , clinging to the masts and ...
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... bird , and apt to catch the note of any other which hangs near it , even after its own note is fixed , the bird- fanciers often place it next to one which has not been long caught , in order to keep the caged sky - lark honest . Plate ...
... bird , and apt to catch the note of any other which hangs near it , even after its own note is fixed , the bird- fanciers often place it next to one which has not been long caught , in order to keep the caged sky - lark honest . Plate ...
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