The Quarterly Review, Volumes 222-242John Murray, 1924 |
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... birds originally inhabited . Over the fen - country , for example , at certain seasons the wild - goose call still sounds from the heavens , and though centuries may have passed since greylegs reared their enormous nests on the lowlands ...
... birds originally inhabited . Over the fen - country , for example , at certain seasons the wild - goose call still sounds from the heavens , and though centuries may have passed since greylegs reared their enormous nests on the lowlands ...
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... birds , at the approach of danger they seek safety in flight , leaving the young to escape and hide themselves as best they can . ' This rule , if rule it be , can apply only to semi - domesticated birds . Buffon , I think , states the ...
... birds , at the approach of danger they seek safety in flight , leaving the young to escape and hide themselves as best they can . ' This rule , if rule it be , can apply only to semi - domesticated birds . Buffon , I think , states the ...
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... birds to grief by executing a series of body passes , and the same performance is acted on a minor scale by a common weasel . We call it curiosity which induces birds to approach an animal under such circum- stances , and say that a ...
... birds to grief by executing a series of body passes , and the same performance is acted on a minor scale by a common weasel . We call it curiosity which induces birds to approach an animal under such circum- stances , and say that a ...
Contents
The League of Nations | 1 |
Mediæval Music | 5 |
The Study of Earthquakes | 7 |
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