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... animal heat in the icy regions inhabited by these birds . We select as our example : - Somateria mollissima ( Anas mollissima , Linn . ) , the Eider Duck . This is the Oie à duvet ou Eider of the French ; Die Eidergans and Eiterente of ...
... animal heat in the icy regions inhabited by these birds . We select as our example : - Somateria mollissima ( Anas mollissima , Linn . ) , the Eider Duck . This is the Oie à duvet ou Eider of the French ; Die Eidergans and Eiterente of ...
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... animals , among which muscles and other conchifers , turbinated testaceans , and occasionally sea - eggs ( Echini ) are said to be taken . Utility to Man . - The down above described is the prin- cipal tribute paid by the Eider Duck to ...
... animals , among which muscles and other conchifers , turbinated testaceans , and occasionally sea - eggs ( Echini ) are said to be taken . Utility to Man . - The down above described is the prin- cipal tribute paid by the Eider Duck to ...
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... animals which were met with during the period in which the expedition remained within the Arctic Circle , appended to Captain Sir W. E. Parry's First Voyage , nor in Captain James Ross's Ap- pendix to Captain Sir John Ross's Last Voyage ...
... animals which were met with during the period in which the expedition remained within the Arctic Circle , appended to Captain Sir W. E. Parry's First Voyage , nor in Captain James Ross's Ap- pendix to Captain Sir John Ross's Last Voyage ...
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... animal and vegetable , form its food , particularly the Zostera , or Grass - wrack , for which it dives like others of its congeners . Late in the evening , or early in the morning , ' writes Nuttall in his Manual , towards spring more ...
... animal and vegetable , form its food , particularly the Zostera , or Grass - wrack , for which it dives like others of its congeners . Late in the evening , or early in the morning , ' writes Nuttall in his Manual , towards spring more ...
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... animal and ve- getable matter , liberates the chlorine from its combination with lime or soda ; and as this action is slow , the chlorine , though scarcely susceptible of affecting the animal eco- nomy , readily decomposes putrid ...
... animal and ve- getable matter , liberates the chlorine from its combination with lime or soda ; and as this action is slow , the chlorine , though scarcely susceptible of affecting the animal eco- nomy , readily decomposes putrid ...
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