Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1916 - 467 páginas |
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... eggs of fowls of some species when he asked : " Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt ? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? " King David , who said of himself , " My tongue is the pen of a ready writer ...
... eggs of fowls of some species when he asked : " Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt ? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg ? " King David , who said of himself , " My tongue is the pen of a ready writer ...
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... eggs hatches but two of them , and brings up but one . " He attributed the red rim around the eyes of certain birds to the violence of their emotion at mating time , and declared that the " hawk does not devour the heart of the bird it ...
... eggs hatches but two of them , and brings up but one . " He attributed the red rim around the eyes of certain birds to the violence of their emotion at mating time , and declared that the " hawk does not devour the heart of the bird it ...
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... eggs . ' " " He described a number of other fabled birds , and attached all the current superstition to the history of each , even to the account of the barnyard fowl that spoke . But , as almost all of the birds described are among the ...
... eggs . ' " " He described a number of other fabled birds , and attached all the current superstition to the history of each , even to the account of the barnyard fowl that spoke . But , as almost all of the birds described are among the ...
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... egg , from its unusual size ; often a mother bird snares herself with a string or hair she has woven into her nest ; many times an ill - chosen bathing - place weights a bird's feathers with crude oil past carrying . I know the ...
... egg , from its unusual size ; often a mother bird snares herself with a string or hair she has woven into her nest ; many times an ill - chosen bathing - place weights a bird's feathers with crude oil past carrying . I know the ...
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... eggs , so similar in colour to the earth upon which they were laid , with scarcely an attempt at nest - building , that one might step upon them unaware . The brooding birds were shades of greyish white , browns , and tans , and quite ...
... eggs , so similar in colour to the earth upon which they were laid , with scarcely an attempt at nest - building , that one might step upon them unaware . The brooding birds were shades of greyish white , browns , and tans , and quite ...
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Almighty animals appearance Aristophanes Aristotle beasts beautiful Bible lands Bible writers bittern brooding cedar chapter chickens cloud colour cormorant crane creatures cried David desert doubt doves eagle earth Edom eggs Egypt exquisite eyes feathers feet fish flight flocks fowl Galilee GENE STRATTON-PORTER Gennesaret habit hath heaven Hebrew herons Holy Land Isaiah Jeremiah Jerusalem Jesus Jordan jungle fowl knew lapwing Lebanon little owl living Lord mate mentioned Moab Moses mountains natural history nest night hawk numbers old version ostrich Palestine partridge peafowl pelican picture pigeons plains Pliny poet poetic prey quail Ralph Connor raven recorded Rex Beach rivers rock sands snare Solomon song sparrows species spices stork swallow tail temple thee things thou thought to-day trees unto valleys voice vulture wild wilderness wings wonderful wrote young