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... birds , never fing till they are inftructed by the company of other nightingales . " And Jon- ston affirms , that the nightingales that vifit Scot- land , have not the fame harmony as thofe of Italy , ( Pennant's Zoology , octavo , p ...
... birds , never fing till they are inftructed by the company of other nightingales . " And Jon- ston affirms , that the nightingales that vifit Scot- land , have not the fame harmony as thofe of Italy , ( Pennant's Zoology , octavo , p ...
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... birds , or purring of animals , that are delight- ed ; and fome others , that we as generally affociate . with difagreeable ideas , as the cries of animals in pain , the hifs of fome of them in anger , and the midnight how of beafts of ...
... birds , or purring of animals , that are delight- ed ; and fome others , that we as generally affociate . with difagreeable ideas , as the cries of animals in pain , the hifs of fome of them in anger , and the midnight how of beafts of ...
Page 221
... birds , which upon hearing the cry immediately take wing . Thefe birds are the bane of fportfmen , and fre- quently put me into a paffion , and obliged me to fhoot them , ( Adanfon's Voyage to Senegal , 78 ) . For the fame intent the ...
... birds , which upon hearing the cry immediately take wing . Thefe birds are the bane of fportfmen , and fre- quently put me into a paffion , and obliged me to fhoot them , ( Adanfon's Voyage to Senegal , 78 ) . For the fame intent the ...
Page 222
... bird , which feemed to ufe the means to obtain an end ; the bird repeatedly hop- ped upon a poppy ftem , and fhook ... birds miftaking his bald head for a ftone , drop- ped a fhell fish upon it , and killed at once a phi- lofopher and ...
... bird , which feemed to ufe the means to obtain an end ; the bird repeatedly hop- ped upon a poppy ftem , and fhook ... birds miftaking his bald head for a ftone , drop- ped a fhell fish upon it , and killed at once a phi- lofopher and ...
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... birds , or ver- min ; and in fome countries to catch fish , in others to find truffles , and to practife a great va- riety of tricks ; is it more furprifing that the crows fhould teach each other , that the hawk can catch lefs birds ...
... birds , or ver- min ; and in fome countries to catch fish , in others to find truffles , and to practife a great va- riety of tricks ; is it more furprifing that the crows fhould teach each other , that the hawk can catch lefs birds ...
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