Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1916 - 467 páginas |
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... appearance of man , it is only reasonable to suppose that our ancestors knew of toothed birds just as we do , by finding petrified skeletons . The fact remains that the ancients knew , for they intro- duced these species into tradition ...
... appearance of man , it is only reasonable to suppose that our ancestors knew of toothed birds just as we do , by finding petrified skeletons . The fact remains that the ancients knew , for they intro- duced these species into tradition ...
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... appearance : for all hawk flesh was barred for food , and the provision , " after his kind , " included the night hawks as well as the great birds of day . THE SEA MEW The bird which the most recent translators of the Bible have decided ...
... appearance : for all hawk flesh was barred for food , and the provision , " after his kind , " included the night hawks as well as the great birds of day . THE SEA MEW The bird which the most recent translators of the Bible have decided ...
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... appearance as they come slipping between the rushes . They are fine illustrations of what can be done in the way of evolution by development along one line . If herons swam the surface and scooped food from shallow muck as do ducks , or ...
... appearance as they come slipping between the rushes . They are fine illustrations of what can be done in the way of evolution by development along one line . If herons swam the surface and scooped food from shallow muck as do ducks , or ...
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... appearance lay four small , bluish eggs for the size of the birds . The young are slow about leaving the nest , and only two broods are raised to a season . Great quantities of small fish were carried to a nest of young each day , and ...
... appearance lay four small , bluish eggs for the size of the birds . The young are slow about leaving the nest , and only two broods are raised to a season . Great quantities of small fish were carried to a nest of young each day , and ...
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... appearance . With their low - hung head and humping walk they ap- pear to be sneaking creatures of earth . I know them to be unsurpassed rangers of the heavens . I have tested their sight by laying a piece of meat of two or three pounds ...
... appearance . With their low - hung head and humping walk they ap- pear to be sneaking creatures of earth . I know them to be unsurpassed rangers of the heavens . I have tested their sight by laying a piece of meat of two or three pounds ...
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