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... male tree , which in the spring sheds clouds of dust , and fills the atmosphere around with farina . We may mention , while speaking of the Sel- borne churchyard , that on the fifth grave from the north wall of the chancel , the ...
... male tree , which in the spring sheds clouds of dust , and fills the atmosphere around with farina . We may mention , while speaking of the Sel- borne churchyard , that on the fifth grave from the north wall of the chancel , the ...
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... male , was exceedingly restless and savage from the first ; biting the females , and breaking his teeth against the wires of the cage in his attempts to escape from his place of con- finement . He rejected all food , and died on the ...
... male , was exceedingly restless and savage from the first ; biting the females , and breaking his teeth against the wires of the cage in his attempts to escape from his place of con- finement . He rejected all food , and died on the ...
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... male garrulus bohemicus , or German silk - tail , from the five peculiar crimson tags , or points which it carries at the ends of five of the short remiges . It cannot , I suppose , with any propriety , be called an English bird ; and ...
... male garrulus bohemicus , or German silk - tail , from the five peculiar crimson tags , or points which it carries at the ends of five of the short remiges . It cannot , I suppose , with any propriety , be called an English bird ; and ...
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... male , brought by Col. Sykes from Bombay , and presented to the Society nearly five years ago ; a younger , yet adult , male that was presented in an immature condition , about two years since ; an immature male lately arrived , and in ...
... male , brought by Col. Sykes from Bombay , and presented to the Society nearly five years ago ; a younger , yet adult , male that was presented in an immature condition , about two years since ; an immature male lately arrived , and in ...
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... male , whose horns have about three - fourths of their full growth , and whose rich colours are only less deep than those of his more aged neighbour , acts in a similar manner . His suborbital sinus , though strongly developed , is not ...
... male , whose horns have about three - fourths of their full growth , and whose rich colours are only less deep than those of his more aged neighbour , acts in a similar manner . His suborbital sinus , though strongly developed , is not ...
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