The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 11Charles Knight, 1838 |
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... common duck . Both sexes assist in forming the nest , though the female only sits : but the male watches in the vicinity , and gives notice of the danger . This seems to be confirmed by the account given of the nesting - place at Vidöe ...
... common duck . Both sexes assist in forming the nest , though the female only sits : but the male watches in the vicinity , and gives notice of the danger . This seems to be confirmed by the account given of the nesting - place at Vidöe ...
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... common and numerous in America , at Hud- son's and Baffin's Bays . Such is Temminck's account . Nuttall says that this species of duck , with other dark kinds commonly called on the other side of the Atlantic ' coots , ' may be properly ...
... common and numerous in America , at Hud- son's and Baffin's Bays . Such is Temminck's account . Nuttall says that this species of duck , with other dark kinds commonly called on the other side of the Atlantic ' coots , ' may be properly ...
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... ( Common Golden Eye ) and albeola ( Spirit Duck ) frequent the rivers and fresh - water lakes throughout the fur countries in great numbers . They are , The Western Duck ( Fuligula Stelleri ) has been elevated to a genus by Brehm under ...
... ( Common Golden Eye ) and albeola ( Spirit Duck ) frequent the rivers and fresh - water lakes throughout the fur countries in great numbers . They are , The Western Duck ( Fuligula Stelleri ) has been elevated to a genus by Brehm under ...
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... common in the United States , sometimes on the sea - shores . Catesby says that the Buffel's Head Duck appears in Carolina during the winter only . On the river Neuse , in North Carolina , they have been seen in abundance in February ...
... common in the United States , sometimes on the sea - shores . Catesby says that the Buffel's Head Duck appears in Carolina during the winter only . On the river Neuse , in North Carolina , they have been seen in abundance in February ...
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... common there . ( Supplement to Appendix to Captain Parry's First Voyage . ) Females taken in Duke of York's Bay . ( Captain Lyon's Journal . ) Abundant on the Arctic Sea , associating with the Oidemic , remaining in the north as long as ...
... common there . ( Supplement to Appendix to Captain Parry's First Voyage . ) Females taken in Duke of York's Bay . ( Captain Lyon's Journal . ) Abundant on the Arctic Sea , associating with the Oidemic , remaining in the north as long as ...
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