Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 18, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 35
... covered with fetaceous fea- thers ; the head is very large , as are also the ears and eyes ; and the tongue is bifid . There are 46 fpecies ; the mot remarkable are , - 1. The bubo , or great - eared owl , in fize is almoft equal to an ...
... covered with fetaceous fea- thers ; the head is very large , as are also the ears and eyes ; and the tongue is bifid . There are 46 fpecies ; the mot remarkable are , - 1. The bubo , or great - eared owl , in fize is almoft equal to an ...
Page 36
... covered with short hairs : the edge of the middle claw is ferrated . The ufual weight I ounces ; its length 14 inches ; its breadth 3 feet . This fpecies is almost domeftic ; inhabiting , for the greatest part of the year , barns , hay ...
... covered with short hairs : the edge of the middle claw is ferrated . The ufual weight I ounces ; its length 14 inches ; its breadth 3 feet . This fpecies is almost domeftic ; inhabiting , for the greatest part of the year , barns , hay ...
Page 37
... covered with feathers quite to the toes , and are of a yellowish colour . A fpecimen of this curious bird may be feen in the Leverian museum . tine Great- krakes , Lor- 4to . STROBILUS , in botany , a pericarp formed from an amentum by ...
... covered with feathers quite to the toes , and are of a yellowish colour . A fpecimen of this curious bird may be feen in the Leverian museum . tine Great- krakes , Lor- 4to . STROBILUS , in botany , a pericarp formed from an amentum by ...
Page 38
... covered with ftill fmaller feathers than thofe on the belly and back ; and those also are of different colours . Áll these feathers are of the fame kind , and peculiar to the oftrich ; for other birds have feveral forts , fome of which ...
... covered with ftill fmaller feathers than thofe on the belly and back ; and those also are of different colours . Áll these feathers are of the fame kind , and peculiar to the oftrich ; for other birds have feveral forts , fome of which ...
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... covered with a very fine clear white hair , that fhines like the briftles of a hog ; and in fome places there are small tufts of it , confifting of about 12 hairs , which grow from a fingle fhaft about the thickness of a pin . At the ...
... covered with a very fine clear white hair , that fhines like the briftles of a hog ; and in fome places there are small tufts of it , confifting of about 12 hairs , which grow from a fingle fhaft about the thickness of a pin . At the ...
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