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... Mounds - The Mound - raising - PAGE 100 107 114 121 133 137 - Megapode - Nests of the Jungle Fowl - Description.
... Mounds - The Mound - raising - PAGE 100 107 114 121 133 137 - Megapode - Nests of the Jungle Fowl - Description.
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... Mounds - Habits of the Jungle Fowl- The Bower Birds of Australia -The Satin Bower Bird The Spotted Bower Bird - Description of their Bowers Language of Animals - Notes of Birds - Peculiar sounds - made by various Animals Animals tracked ...
... Mounds - Habits of the Jungle Fowl- The Bower Birds of Australia -The Satin Bower Bird The Spotted Bower Bird - Description of their Bowers Language of Animals - Notes of Birds - Peculiar sounds - made by various Animals Animals tracked ...
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... mound is not the work of one pair of birds , but is effected by the united labours of several ; the same site ... mounds are accumulated is singular , and proves the utility of their large and strong feet and claws . The bird never uses ...
... mound is not the work of one pair of birds , but is effected by the united labours of several ; the same site ... mounds are accumulated is singular , and proves the utility of their large and strong feet and claws . The bird never uses ...
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... mound , as is the case . with the Guinea - fowl ; and the circumstance of the mound being formed by several birds would corroborate this supposition . Some of the natives state , that the females are constantly in the neighbourhood of ...
... mound , as is the case . with the Guinea - fowl ; and the circumstance of the mound being formed by several birds would corroborate this supposition . Some of the natives state , that the females are constantly in the neighbourhood of ...
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... mound of sand , the formation of which is the work of both sexes . They scratch up the sand for many yards around , forming a mound of about three feet in height ; the inside being constructed of alternate layers of dried leaves ...
... mound of sand , the formation of which is the work of both sexes . They scratch up the sand for many yards around , forming a mound of about three feet in height ; the inside being constructed of alternate layers of dried leaves ...
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Scenes and Occupations of Country Life: With Recollections of Natural History Edward Jesse Visualização integral - 1853 |
Scenes and Occupations of Country Life: With Recollections of Natural History Edward Jesse Visualização integral - 1853 |
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