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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... marked with numerous large rusty spots . They are of a mild and timid disposition . When pursued , they trot so fast , that even a good horse is scarcely able to keep pace with them , and they con- tinue their course for a long time ...
... marked with numerous large rusty spots . They are of a mild and timid disposition . When pursued , they trot so fast , that even a good horse is scarcely able to keep pace with them , and they con- tinue their course for a long time ...
Page 47
... marked upon the skin with florid spots . The hinder parts , from the loins , were low , like those of a Lion ; but the shoulders , fore - feet , and breast , were clevated above proportion to the other parts . The neck was small , and ...
... marked upon the skin with florid spots . The hinder parts , from the loins , were low , like those of a Lion ; but the shoulders , fore - feet , and breast , were clevated above proportion to the other parts . The neck was small , and ...
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... marked with numerous prominent rings . This creature loves the smoke of tobacco , and , when caught alive , will approach the pipe of the huntsman , though otherwise more timid than any animal . It is perhaps the only creature besides ...
... marked with numerous prominent rings . This creature loves the smoke of tobacco , and , when caught alive , will approach the pipe of the huntsman , though otherwise more timid than any animal . It is perhaps the only creature besides ...
Page 61
... marked by the irregularity of all his actions : he walks , stops short , runs , leaps , approaches or retires , shews or conceals himself , or flies off as if actuated by * SYNONYMS . - Capra Hircus . Linn . - Bouc et Chevre . Buff ...
... marked by the irregularity of all his actions : he walks , stops short , runs , leaps , approaches or retires , shews or conceals himself , or flies off as if actuated by * SYNONYMS . - Capra Hircus . Linn . - Bouc et Chevre . Buff ...
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... marked with bars of a darker huc . The tail is greyish beneath , and tipped with a dusky white . The legs are yellowish , and the claws black : This well - known bird is of a sedentary and indo- lent disposition : it continues perched ...
... marked with bars of a darker huc . The tail is greyish beneath , and tipped with a dusky white . The legs are yellowish , and the claws black : This well - known bird is of a sedentary and indo- lent disposition : it continues perched ...
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America American Bison animals appear ash-colour attack beak belly bill Birds Birds of prey body breast breed Brit brown Buff Buffon Camel cere claws colour common Consett covered Cuckoo distance Dotterel dusky Eagle eggs eyes feathers feed feet female fish flesh flight flocks four frequently GENUS Goose ground hair hatched Hen Harrier herd Hippopotamus hole horns Horses inches long inhabitants insects island killed Lapland Latham legs length Linnæus male mandible manner native nest never noise nostrils observed Ostrich Parrot Pelecan Penn Pigeon plumage prey Quad quadrupeds Rabbets rendered Sand Martin says seems seen seize seldom short side singular sitting skin slender sometimes soon Sparrow species spermaceti spot supposed Swallows tail taken throat TITMOUSE toes tongue Toucan trees TRIBE Turkey upper whole wild wings winter young Zool
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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...