Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Volumen1John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 |
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Página 118 - ... intimidate us from our suspected design. This watchful solicitude I have ever found peculiar to the female. Must I be understood to speak only of birds? " The young having concealed themselves, we went and picked up the fish which the mother had let fall. It was a white perch, weighing about 5^ Ibs.