The Bird World Described With Pen And Pencil
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The Bird World
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Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
The Bird World written by William Henry Davenport Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with Birds categories.
The Bird World Described With Pen And Pencil
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Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885
The Bird World Described With Pen And Pencil written by William Henry Davenport Adams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1885 with Birds categories.
The Bird World Described With Pen And Pencil By W H D Adams And H Giacomelli
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Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
language : en
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Release Date : 2013-09
The Bird World Described With Pen And Pencil By W H D Adams And H Giacomelli written by William Henry Davenport Adams and has been published by Rarebooksclub.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ...first record of them in the pages of European writers occurs in Pigafetta's narrative of Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe. The old voyager relates that the king of Barbian, an island to the south-west of Gilolo, gave to the Spaniards a slave and nearly two hundred pounds of cloves as a present for the Emperor Charles V.; also "two most beautiful dead birds, about the size of a thrush, with small heads, long bills, legs a palm in length and as slender as a writing-quill. Instead of proper wings, they have long feathers of different colours, like great ornamented plumes. The tail resembles that of a thrush. All the feathers, FANTASTIC FABLES. 248 except those of the wings, are of a dark colour. These birds never fly but when the wind blows. We were informed," adds Pigafetta, " that they came from the earthly paradise, and were called Bolondinata; that is, 'birds of God.'" The Western mariners translated this term into ave de paraiso, whence comes our "birds of paradise." And, indeed, in the first garden, watered by the four immortal rivers, where the parents of the human race wandered in their days of innocence, fairer creatures could not have been seen than these bright and slowing birds. The specimens imported into Europe before the era of maritime discovery and enterprise began were always imperfect, --the legs having been removed in the process of embalming them. Hence arose some fantastic fables. It was asserted that they were aerial sylphs; that they lived wholly in the air; that they performed all the functions of life while on the wing; that they never rested except for a few moments, when they suspended themselves by their long tails to the branches of the trees. They were beings of a superior...
The Bird World Described With Pen And Pencil By W H D Adams And H Giacomelli
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Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-19
The Bird World Described With Pen And Pencil By W H D Adams And H Giacomelli written by William Henry Davenport Adams and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-19 with categories.
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The Garden The Woods And The Fields Or The Teachings Of Nature As Seasons Change
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Author : Garden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
The Garden The Woods And The Fields Or The Teachings Of Nature As Seasons Change written by Garden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with Nature study categories.
The Cockatoo S Story
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Author : Mrs. George Cupples
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2018-09-20
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Report Of The Commissioner Of Education
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Author : United States. Office of Education
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
Report Of The Commissioner Of Education written by United States. Office of Education and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Education categories.
House Documents Otherwise Publ As Executive Documents
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Author : United States. Congress. House
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
House Documents Otherwise Publ As Executive Documents written by United States. Congress. House and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with United States categories.
The Cockatoo S Story
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Author : Anne Jane Cupples
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
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The Publishers Weekly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878
The Publishers Weekly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with American literature categories.