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... Eyes , Ears , Organs of Smell , Tongue , Brain , Vocal Organs , Internal Parts , & c . SECTION 11. PLUMAGE OF BIRDS . MUDIE's description . - Cut of Roller . - Parts of Plumage . - Chemical nature of Feathers.- 23 23 26 26 31 Their ...
... Eyes , Ears , Organs of Smell , Tongue , Brain , Vocal Organs , Internal Parts , & c . SECTION 11. PLUMAGE OF BIRDS . MUDIE's description . - Cut of Roller . - Parts of Plumage . - Chemical nature of Feathers.- 23 23 26 26 31 Their ...
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... eyes are not yet quite open . If they are taken before this time , their stomachs are not strong enough to bear the change of food ; if after , it is with great difficulty that they can be induced to open their beaks , to receive food ...
... eyes are not yet quite open . If they are taken before this time , their stomachs are not strong enough to bear the change of food ; if after , it is with great difficulty that they can be induced to open their beaks , to receive food ...
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... eyes of birds are so disposed , as to enable them to distin- guish objects both far and near equally well ; and a ... eye- lids , there is always a third placed at the internal angles , and which by means of a remarkable muscular ...
... eyes of birds are so disposed , as to enable them to distin- guish objects both far and near equally well ; and a ... eye- lids , there is always a third placed at the internal angles , and which by means of a remarkable muscular ...
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... eyes directed forwards , and not laterally , as many other birds have , they are by that means less capacitated for avoiding by sight , even admitting that they can see with the smallest possible portion of light , those obstacles which ...
... eyes directed forwards , and not laterally , as many other birds have , they are by that means less capacitated for avoiding by sight , even admitting that they can see with the smallest possible portion of light , those obstacles which ...
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... eyes , he is unable to approach his prey , and waiting for the return of twilight . If approached in this state , instead of flying off , he raises his feathers , hisses like an angry cat , clicks his bill , and thus threatens the ...
... eyes , he is unable to approach his prey , and waiting for the return of twilight . If approached in this state , instead of flying off , he raises his feathers , hisses like an angry cat , clicks his bill , and thus threatens the ...
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Page 312 - To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! — that love-prompted strain — 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond — Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring.
Page 312 - ... and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below.