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... nest , and the other seven in bringing out and nursing its young . The halcyon days are not always met with in this A beetle living at the roots of trees , Carabus . country at the time of the solstice , but they B. V. ] 107 THE HISTORY ...
... nest , and the other seven in bringing out and nursing its young . The halcyon days are not always met with in this A beetle living at the roots of trees , Carabus . country at the time of the solstice , but they B. V. ] 107 THE HISTORY ...
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... nests ; but those that do not fly , as partridges and quails , do not make nests , but lay their eggs on the ground and cover them over with rubbish . The lark and tetrix 2 do the same . 3 3. These birds make their nests in a place ...
... nests ; but those that do not fly , as partridges and quails , do not make nests , but lay their eggs on the ground and cover them over with rubbish . The lark and tetrix 2 do the same . 3 3. These birds make their nests in a place ...
Side 139
... nests , the hoopoe makes no real nest , but lays its eggs in the stumps of hollow trees , without building at all . The coccyx ' lays its eggs in houses and holes in rocks . The tetrix , which the Athenians call " urax , " makes no nest ...
... nests , the hoopoe makes no real nest , but lays its eggs in the stumps of hollow trees , without building at all . The coccyx ' lays its eggs in houses and holes in rocks . The tetrix , which the Athenians call " urax , " makes no nest ...
Side 141
... nest , or a feather be plucked out , or if anything else troubles or disturbs them , they re- tain the cgg they were about to lay . 10. This is peculiar to pigeons , and so is the following : for they kiss each other when the male is ...
... nest , or a feather be plucked out , or if anything else troubles or disturbs them , they re- tain the cgg they were about to lay . 10. This is peculiar to pigeons , and so is the following : for they kiss each other when the male is ...
Side 145
... nest and young ones are rarely seen . For this reason Herodorus , the father of Bryson the sophist , says that ... nests have been seen . The vulture produces two eggs . No other car- uivorous bird has been observed to produce young more ...
... nest and young ones are rarely seen . For this reason Herodorus , the father of Bryson the sophist , says that ... nests have been seen . The vulture produces two eggs . No other car- uivorous bird has been observed to produce young more ...
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