Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1916 - 467 páginas |
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... than the feet , the feathers clearly out- lined , and the specimen near the size of a crow . Our birds have shed their teeth and gradually dropped and contracted their tails , until a queer little muscular append- 12 BIRDS OF THE BIBLE.
... than the feet , the feathers clearly out- lined , and the specimen near the size of a crow . Our birds have shed their teeth and gradually dropped and contracted their tails , until a queer little muscular append- 12 BIRDS OF THE BIBLE.
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... feathers and cover the oil sac , forms the tail . The two muscle and skin covered bones , that we call the third joint , have evolved from the long claws of the wing tip . Every ancient writer who touched upon natural history proved ...
... feathers and cover the oil sac , forms the tail . The two muscle and skin covered bones , that we call the third joint , have evolved from the long claws of the wing tip . Every ancient writer who touched upon natural history proved ...
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... feathers among of rose carnation colour ; and the head bravely adorned with a crest and pennach finely wrought ; having a tuft and plume thereupon , right fair and goodly to be seen . Manilius , the noble Roman senator , right ...
... feathers among of rose carnation colour ; and the head bravely adorned with a crest and pennach finely wrought ; having a tuft and plume thereupon , right fair and goodly to be seen . Manilius , the noble Roman senator , right ...
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... feathers all over it , and that what it had were of different sizes , and set closely in some places , wide apart in others . Utterly oblivious of these facts , books and periodicals are filled with birds feathered all over equally ...
... feathers all over it , and that what it had were of different sizes , and set closely in some places , wide apart in others . Utterly oblivious of these facts , books and periodicals are filled with birds feathered all over equally ...
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... feathers from grey geese while alive , for pillows . " He explains that a dark feather prematurely pulled from a bird comes back white . If white geese originated in " the wicked and inhuman practice of plucking grey ones alive , " I ...
... feathers from grey geese while alive , for pillows . " He explains that a dark feather prematurely pulled from a bird comes back white . If white geese originated in " the wicked and inhuman practice of plucking grey ones alive , " I ...
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