Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon: With Narratives and Anecdotes, Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c., Including a Monograph of the Elephant and a Description of the Modes of Capturing and Training It, with Engravings from Original DrawingsLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 500 páginas |
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... approaches the few roads which wind through these deep solitudes . At early morning , ere the day begins to dawn , its loud and peculiar howl , which consists of a quick repetition of the sounds how how ! may be frequently heard CHAP ...
... approaches the few roads which wind through these deep solitudes . At early morning , ere the day begins to dawn , its loud and peculiar howl , which consists of a quick repetition of the sounds how how ! may be frequently heard CHAP ...
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... and was always eager for milk or the bone of a fowl . The naturally slow motion of its limbs enables the loris to approach its prey so stealthily that it seizes birds before. 1 Loris gracilis , Geof . 12 [ CHAP . I. MAMMALIA .
... and was always eager for milk or the bone of a fowl . The naturally slow motion of its limbs enables the loris to approach its prey so stealthily that it seizes birds before. 1 Loris gracilis , Geof . 12 [ CHAP . I. MAMMALIA .
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... approach its prey so stealthily that it seizes birds before they can be alarmed by its presence . The natives assert ... approaches and the lights in the rooms attract the night - flying lepidoptera , the bats sweep round the dinner ...
... approach its prey so stealthily that it seizes birds before they can be alarmed by its presence . The natives assert ... approaches and the lights in the rooms attract the night - flying lepidoptera , the bats sweep round the dinner ...
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... approach of man or other animals , and , unable to make a rapid retreat , his panic , rather than any vicious disposition , leads him to become an assailant in self - defence . But so furious are his assaults under such circumstances ...
... approach of man or other animals , and , unable to make a rapid retreat , his panic , rather than any vicious disposition , leads him to become an assailant in self - defence . But so furious are his assaults under such circumstances ...
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... approach for that of a deer , or some such animal . And if his spring had been at a quadruped instead of a biped , his distance was so well measured , that it must have landed him on the neck of a deer , an elk , or a buffalo ; as it ...
... approach for that of a deer , or some such animal . And if his spring had been at a quadruped instead of a biped , his distance was so well measured , that it must have landed him on the neck of a deer , an elk , or a buffalo ; as it ...
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Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon: With Narratives and Anecdotes ... Sir James Emerson Tennent Visualização integral - 1861 |
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon: With Narratives and Anecdotes ... Sir James Emerson Tennent Visualização integral - 1868 |
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