A Present For The Young Curious: Being A Series Of Engravings Of Birds, Beasts, &c.

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Persistent identifier:: 436002981

Title:: A Present For The Young Curious: Being A Series Of Engravings Of Birds, Beasts, &c.

Subtitle:: Explained By Mother To Her Inquisitive Family Circle

Shelfmark:: AD 6394

Document type:: Monograph

Publisher:: Harvey and Darton

Publication year:: 1824

Place of publication:: London

Language:: English

Scope:: 72 S.

Collection:: Drucke - 19. Jahrhundert

Fußnote:: Vorlageform des Erscheinungsvermerks: London: Printed For Harvey And Darton, 55, Gracechurch-Street. 1824

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Title:: A present, &c.

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Collection:: Drucke - 19. Jahrhundert

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15 nerally fly near the Surface of the water, and as 80on as they see a fieh they can manage, they dart at it and Swallow it whole. The other bird is a Wood- pecker. It feeds on insects that live under the bark of trees : it also builds is nest in the trunk of a tree, and forms the hole in the hard wood with no other instrument than its beak. Witham. That is, indeed, wonderful. But what have we here ? Look, dear Mary, at this little, tiny bird! Mary. Why that :s a little curiosity: it does not look bigger than a humble bee. Are there really, mamma, any birds as Small as that ? Mamma. Yes, my dear; that is called a Humming-bird: its plumage 1s beautiful, and it is the Smallest of all birds. Mary. I am afraid England is too

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