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" Towards the approach of day, the noise in some measure subsided, long before objects were distinguishable, the Pigeons began to move off in a direction quite different from that in which they had arrived the evening before, and at sunrise all that were... "
Essays on natural history, chiefly ornithology. With an autobiography of the ... - Page 125
by Charles Waterton - 1838 - 312 pages
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The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 6

Science - 1827 - 442 pages
...distinctly. Towards the approach of day the noise rather subsided ; but long ere objects were at all distinguishable, the pigeons began to move off in...different from that in which they had arrived the day before, and at sunrise none that were able to fly remained. The bowlings of the wolves now reached...
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The London Magazine, Volume 8

1827 - 624 pages
...distinctly. Towards the approach of day the noise rather subsided ; but long ere objects were at all distinguishable, the pigeons began to move off in...direction quite different from that in which they arrived the day before, and at sun-rise none that were able to fly remained. The howlings of the wolves...
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The Imperial Magazine, Or, Compendium of Religious, Moral ..., Volume 10

1828 - 608 pages
...distinctly. Towards the approach of day the noise rather subsided ; but long ere objects were at all distinguishable, the pigeons began to move off in...direction quite different from that in which they arrived the day before, and at sun-rise none that were able to fly remained. The bowlings of the wolves...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

Almanacs, English - 1828 - 472 pages
...distinctly. Towards the approach of day the noise rather subsided; but long ere objects were at all distinguishable, the pigeons began to move off in...direction quite different from that in which they arrived the day before, and at sunrise none that were able to fly remained. The bowlings of the wolves...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 9

1828 - 488 pages
...distinctly. Towards the approach of day the noise rather subsided ; but long ere objects were at all distinguishable, the pigeons began to move off in...direction quite different from that in which they arrived the day before, and at sunrise none that were able to fly remained. The bowlings of the wolves...
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American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 4

Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - Birds - 1831 - 392 pages
...the spot. Towards the approach of day, the noise rather subsided ; but, long ere objects were at all distinguishable, the pigeons began to move off, in...sunrise, all that were able to fly had disappeared. The howlings of the wolves now reached our ears ; and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, racoons, opossums,...
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Buffon's Natural history, corrected and enlarged by J. Wright. (To which are ...

Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...distinctly. Towards the approach of day the noise rather subsided ; but, long ere the objects were at all distinguishable, the Pigeons began to move off in...different from that in which they had arrived the day before, and at sunrise none that were able to fly remained. The howling of the wolves now reached...
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Sketches of birds in short enigmatical verses

Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pages
...hours afterwards, informed me that he had heard it distinctly when three miles distant from the spot. Towards the approach of day, the noise in some measure...sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. The howlings of the wolves now reached our ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons, oppossums,...
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The Monthly Review

Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...heard at three miles from the spot. Towards the approach of day the noise in some measure subsided, and long before objects were distinguishable, the pigeons...sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared.' — pp. 131 — 137. Mr. Jesse's observations upon plants, seeds, and trees, are entitled to particular...
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Gleanings in Natural History: With Local Recollections : to which ..., Volume 2

Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 340 pages
...heard at three miles from the spot. Towards the approach of day the noise in some measure subsided, and long before objects were distinguishable, the pigeons...sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. ' . And well-shower'd earth ! Is deep enrich'd with vegetable life.'—THOMSON. FEW things appear to...
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