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Animated Nature; Or, Elements of the Natural History of Animals. Intended to Afford a Popular View of the Linnean System of Arrangement. for the Use of Schools

Animated Nature; Or, Elements of the Natural History of Animals. Intended to Afford a Popular View of the Linnean System of Arrangement. for the Use of Schools


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1814. Excerpt: ... RAIL TRIBE. 195 white colour, and irregularly varied, particularly at the larger end, with black marks and spots Id the winter they collect into small floeks, and are then to be observed on the huaths and moors. They make a shrill, whistling noise; and, it is said, may be enticed within gun-shot, by any person who is able to imitate the sound.; The plumage is black on the upper parts, and white below; and the feet are ash.coloured. Long-legged or Stilt Plover. The most interesting account that has been given of this very remarkable bird, was inserted by the late Rev. Mr. White, in bis History of Selbornc. The length of the legs is so extraordinary, that, had we seen such a bird painted upon a Chinese or Japan screen, we should have made large allowance for the fancy of the draughtsman. One -f them, when, embowelled and stuffed, weighed only four ounces and a, quarter, though, to the naked part of the thigh, it measured three inches and a half. Hence, in the Stilt Plovers, the legs are generally more than thrice the length of its whole body; and are, at the same time, very weak and slender. It is a migratory species; a native chiefly of the South of Europe, and rarely visits our island. The general colour of the, plumage is white. The back and the wings are black. The bill is black, and longer than the head; and the legs are red. 40. RAIL TRIBE. Most of these birds reside in the neighbourhood of marshy and morassy places, where they subsist on worms, snails, and insects. They form their nests on he ground. K 2 196 WATEtl HAlt. Land Rail, or Corn Crake. In those parts of the country where Land Rails are even very abundant, the singular noise which they make is much better known to the people in general, than the birds themselves. This noise is heard a...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781151244512
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 88
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151244511
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 172 gr


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