Birds of the BibleJennings and Graham, 1916 - 467 páginas |
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... followed with twenty - six volumes , most of which are compilations from Pliny and Aristotle . Belon , Aldro- vardus , Willoughby , Ray , and several others followed . Then there came the real founder of ornithology on a scientific ...
... followed with twenty - six volumes , most of which are compilations from Pliny and Aristotle . Belon , Aldro- vardus , Willoughby , Ray , and several others followed . Then there came the real founder of ornithology on a scientific ...
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... followed the seacoast and had come down from Greece to perplex these people also . Their Grecian name , alceon , as we translate halcyon , was brought with them . The Greeks disliked defeat , and so when they were compelled to give up ...
... followed the seacoast and had come down from Greece to perplex these people also . Their Grecian name , alceon , as we translate halcyon , was brought with them . The Greeks disliked defeat , and so when they were compelled to give up ...
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... followed moisture all over the face of Egypt and Canaan , being especially rank in the valley of the Jordan . So there were good nesting sites for lark , quail , and all ground - builders loving grassy shelter . " " In the wilderness ...
... followed moisture all over the face of Egypt and Canaan , being especially rank in the valley of the Jordan . So there were good nesting sites for lark , quail , and all ground - builders loving grassy shelter . " " In the wilderness ...
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... at Esdraelon and formed low , marshy beds ; and followed its tributaries , where frogging was good . Midway between Galilee and the Dead Sea , the Jabbok , a little river especially loved by water - BIRDS OF " ABOMINATION " 75.
... at Esdraelon and formed low , marshy beds ; and followed its tributaries , where frogging was good . Midway between Galilee and the Dead Sea , the Jabbok , a little river especially loved by water - BIRDS OF " ABOMINATION " 75.
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... followed the practice by which the poet is said to have met a death without a parallel in history . Vultures were common all over Bible lands . These lo- cations formed their best territory . A great variety of carcasses were left over ...
... followed the practice by which the poet is said to have met a death without a parallel in history . Vultures were common all over Bible lands . These lo- cations formed their best territory . A great variety of carcasses were left over ...
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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