The Harmonies of Nature; Or, The Unity of CreationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 406 páginas |
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... Birds - Strength of Vision - Services of Birds - Nests of Birds - The Sand - martin - The Woodpecker - The Chaffinch - The Cassique - The Balti- more Oriole - Weaver - birds - The Baya - The Social Grosbeak - The Tailor- bird - The ...
... Birds - Strength of Vision - Services of Birds - Nests of Birds - The Sand - martin - The Woodpecker - The Chaffinch - The Cassique - The Balti- more Oriole - Weaver - birds - The Baya - The Social Grosbeak - The Tailor- bird - The ...
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... Birds continued . 129 Tailor bird and its nest 309 128 Talons of a bird of prey 292 129 Toucan , tongue of the 298 Medusa 128 Woodpecker , foot of the 292 Physalus utriculus 130 cranium and 21 Rhizostoma 126 tongue of the 298 Velella ...
... Birds continued . 129 Tailor bird and its nest 309 128 Talons of a bird of prey 292 129 Toucan , tongue of the 298 Medusa 128 Woodpecker , foot of the 292 Physalus utriculus 130 cranium and 21 Rhizostoma 126 tongue of the 298 Velella ...
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... birds sing , and numberless insects buzz or dance in the balmy air , and the wild denizens of the woods wander through the thickets in the full enjoyment of freedom . The heat of the sun is the wonderful agent of all these various ...
... birds sing , and numberless insects buzz or dance in the balmy air , and the wild denizens of the woods wander through the thickets in the full enjoyment of freedom . The heat of the sun is the wonderful agent of all these various ...
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... birds and quadrupeds which we find in the deposits of the primeval ocean prove that during an in- calculable series of ages the composition of the atmosphere cannot have differed in any notable degree from its present condition , but ...
... birds and quadrupeds which we find in the deposits of the primeval ocean prove that during an in- calculable series of ages the composition of the atmosphere cannot have differed in any notable degree from its present condition , but ...
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... birds , and marine mammalians , such as seals , manatees , or dugongs , that now feed upon the abundance of the shallow waters , must also have been blotted from the book of life . Thus the beautiful shells , the grotesque crustaceans ...
... birds , and marine mammalians , such as seals , manatees , or dugongs , that now feed upon the abundance of the shallow waters , must also have been blotted from the book of life . Thus the beautiful shells , the grotesque crustaceans ...
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