Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation, Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus, Volume 2R. Phillips, 1803 - Animal behavior |
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... body long , upright , and thick set . Each hair is undulated , the tip ferruginous , the middle black , and the bottom cinereous . The limbs are very slen- der , and of a full black colour ; and the tail is so short as to be scarcely ...
... body long , upright , and thick set . Each hair is undulated , the tip ferruginous , the middle black , and the bottom cinereous . The limbs are very slen- der , and of a full black colour ; and the tail is so short as to be scarcely ...
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... body , the shortness of the neck , and uncom- mon length of the head and ears , without any ap- pearance of a tail , render its form very awkward . The hair of the male ( which far exceeds the fe- male in size ) , is black at the points ...
... body , the shortness of the neck , and uncom- mon length of the head and ears , without any ap- pearance of a tail , render its form very awkward . The hair of the male ( which far exceeds the fe- male in size ) , is black at the points ...
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... body and hands . † The person in the sledge drives the animal by means of a goad , and encourages it with his voice : for this purpose it is that their love - songs are in general composed . Among these are found some beautiful ...
... body and hands . † The person in the sledge drives the animal by means of a goad , and encourages it with his voice : for this purpose it is that their love - songs are in general composed . Among these are found some beautiful ...
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... body rest only on a small point . This quadruped has , therefore , an instinct to use a hoof of such a form in a still more advantageous manner , by separating it when the foot is to touch the ground , so as to cover a larger surface of ...
... body rest only on a small point . This quadruped has , therefore , an instinct to use a hoof of such a form in a still more advantageous manner , by separating it when the foot is to touch the ground , so as to cover a larger surface of ...
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... body like that of a Swan . The head , in form , resembled a Camel , but was , in size , about twice that of the Lybian Struthium , ( Ostrich ) and it rolled the eyes which had a film over them , very frightfully . " It differs in its ...
... body like that of a Swan . The head , in form , resembled a Camel , but was , in size , about twice that of the Lybian Struthium , ( Ostrich ) and it rolled the eyes which had a film over them , very frightfully . " It differs in its ...
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Page 104 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength; He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Page 265 - ... the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and, though her parental affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the...
Page 128 - Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
Page 164 - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Page 389 - ... bird not only clings with its claws, but partly supports itself by strongly inclining its tail against the wall, making that a fulcrum; and, thus steadied, it works and plasters the materials into the face of the brick or stone. But then, that this work may not, while it is soft and green, pull itself down by its own weight, the provident architect has prudence and forbearance enough not to advance her work too fast; but by building only in the morning, and by dedicating the rest of the day to...
Page 104 - He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 313 - ... bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman, he fixes it as it were in a vice, in some cleft of a tree, or in some crevice, when, standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell.
Page 103 - I am going to yield thee up ? To Europeans, who will tie thee close, — who will beat thee, — who will render thee miserable. Return with me, my beauty, my jewel, and rejoice the hearts of my children.
Page 295 - I have never seen an instance where the hedge-sparrow has either thrown out or injured the egg of the cuckoo. ' When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care.
Page 470 - The stork-assembly meets; for many a day, Consulting deep, and various, ere they take Their arduous voyage through the liquid sky. And now their route...