The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 197
... will be welcomed every where as an important addition to the stock of pro- fessional learning . THE NATURALIST , NO . IV.- -FOR THE PORT FOLIO . OBSERVATIONS ON THE NIGHT - HAWK AND WHIP - POOR - WILL OF THE UNITED STATES . ON the ...
... will be welcomed every where as an important addition to the stock of pro- fessional learning . THE NATURALIST , NO . IV.- -FOR THE PORT FOLIO . OBSERVATIONS ON THE NIGHT - HAWK AND WHIP - POOR - WILL OF THE UNITED STATES . ON the ...
Page 198
... whip - poor - will was shot , in the evening , while in the act of re- peating his usual and well - known notes ... whip - poor - will , were beset with ranges of long and very strong bristles , extending more than half an inch ...
... whip - poor - will was shot , in the evening , while in the act of re- peating his usual and well - known notes ... whip - poor - will , were beset with ranges of long and very strong bristles , extending more than half an inch ...
Page 199
he had now no doubts of the night - hawk and whip - poor - will being two very distinct species of Capromulgus . It is not the intention of the writer of this to enter at present into a description of either the plumage , manners ...
he had now no doubts of the night - hawk and whip - poor - will being two very distinct species of Capromulgus . It is not the intention of the writer of this to enter at present into a description of either the plumage , manners ...
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