Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 250William Blackwood, 1941 - England |
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Page 303
... birds , Africa's pseudo humming- birds , hovered and whirred among the foliage , their brilliant plumage made even more dazzling by the penetrating rays of the sun . Bee- eaters with long , curved beaks , resplendent in turquoise and ...
... birds , Africa's pseudo humming- birds , hovered and whirred among the foliage , their brilliant plumage made even more dazzling by the penetrating rays of the sun . Bee- eaters with long , curved beaks , resplendent in turquoise and ...
Page 389
... birds and wildfowl , the nature of the country in which they were to be found , and gave me an intimate knowledge of every field within a five - mile radius . I could tell from the colour of the grasses in bog land where snipe would lie ...
... birds and wildfowl , the nature of the country in which they were to be found , and gave me an intimate knowledge of every field within a five - mile radius . I could tell from the colour of the grasses in bog land where snipe would lie ...
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... birds in the gullies , and we all climbed down the hill . Between us we had got a fair number , all of which had been made lawful meat for a Believer by undergoing the halal . A strict Mussulman will , of course , only eat beast or bird ...
... birds in the gullies , and we all climbed down the hill . Between us we had got a fair number , all of which had been made lawful meat for a Believer by undergoing the halal . A strict Mussulman will , of course , only eat beast or bird ...
Contents
MERSA MATRUHI MEMORIES BY MAJOR C S JARVIS 317 | 86 |
MORE REDLETTER DAYS BY R J WACHER | 130 |
MUNGO RIVER JOURNEY BY COMMANDER G S EDGERTONBIRD | 296 |
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