Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 243William Blackwood, 1938 - England |
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Page 679
... El Arish remarking that she had seen a pathetic sight in the garden , " a dear little bird was trying to carry off his mate who had died from ex- haustion . " I went to investigate , and saw a red - backed shrike dragging a dead ...
... El Arish remarking that she had seen a pathetic sight in the garden , " a dear little bird was trying to carry off his mate who had died from ex- haustion . " I went to investigate , and saw a red - backed shrike dragging a dead ...
Page 680
... El Arish was quite as good as that very disturbed and un- happy country , Palestine , and so remained with us and bred in the garden . They were known to the gardeners as the Abu Dahab ( Father of Gold ) , and though Nasr , who was ...
... El Arish was quite as good as that very disturbed and un- happy country , Palestine , and so remained with us and bred in the garden . They were known to the gardeners as the Abu Dahab ( Father of Gold ) , and though Nasr , who was ...
Page 685
... El Arish was limited , we decided , after a fortnight of fishless dinners , to send him to the Zoo in Cairo , where he now lives with some dozens of his species . The quail migration , which occurred regularly in September and again ...
... El Arish was limited , we decided , after a fortnight of fishless dinners , to send him to the Zoo in Cairo , where he now lives with some dozens of his species . The quail migration , which occurred regularly in September and again ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 2 |
AN OLD DOGS DAY BY KOBOLD KNIGHT | 413 |
PORT AFTER STORMIE SEAS BY MARY GRANT BRUCE | 577 |
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