Essays on natural history, chiefly ornithology. With an autobiography of the author. 2nd ser.: with a continuation of the autobiography1844 |
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... Bernacle geese , and four wigeons at Rotterdam , I got them put into a hamper , and I took them with me on board the vessel which steams weekly betwixt that town and the port of Hull . We had a charming passage , short and smooth ; and ...
... Bernacle geese , and four wigeons at Rotterdam , I got them put into a hamper , and I took them with me on board the vessel which steams weekly betwixt that town and the port of Hull . We had a charming passage , short and smooth ; and ...
Side 113
... Bernacle gan- ders had borne their journey well ; but it was otherwise with the two geese and three of the wigeons . They appeared out of sorts , and died in the course of the following week . The two surviving ganders , being bereft of ...
... Bernacle gan- ders had borne their journey well ; but it was otherwise with the two geese and three of the wigeons . They appeared out of sorts , and died in the course of the following week . The two surviving ganders , being bereft of ...
Side 114
... Bernacle gan- ders , accompanied by an old Canadian goose , had come on the island where the mansion stands , and formed a kind of nest on the border of a flower - bed near the boat - house ; that the female had laid five eggs in it ...
... Bernacle gan- ders , accompanied by an old Canadian goose , had come on the island where the mansion stands , and formed a kind of nest on the border of a flower - bed near the boat - house ; that the female had laid five eggs in it ...
Side 115
Charles Waterton. with a Bernacle gander . Nevertheless , the man persisted stoutly in what he had affirmed , and I told the story to others , and nobody believed me . In the breeding season , however , of 1842 , this diminutive gander ...
Charles Waterton. with a Bernacle gander . Nevertheless , the man persisted stoutly in what he had affirmed , and I told the story to others , and nobody believed me . In the breeding season , however , of 1842 , this diminutive gander ...
Side 116
... Bernacle stood guard , often on one leg , over his bulky partner , day after day , as she was performing her tedious task . If any body approached the place , his cackling was incessant : he would run at him with the fury of a turkey ...
... Bernacle stood guard , often on one leg , over his bulky partner , day after day , as she was performing her tedious task . If any body approached the place , his cackling was incessant : he would run at him with the fury of a turkey ...
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