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" This bird seems to suppose that its beauty can be increased by trimming the tail, which undergoes the same operation as our hair in a barber's shop, only with this difference, that it uses its own beak, which is serrated, in lieu of a pair of scissors... "
A Cruise in the Pacific: From the Log of a Naval Officer - Page 86
edited by - 1860
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Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the ...

Charles Waterton - 1825 - 350 pages
...beak, which is serrated, in SECOND lieu of a pair of scissars : as soon as his tail is full JOURNEY. grown, he begins about an inch from the extremity...sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long : both male and female Adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance...
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Wanderings in South America: The North-west of the United States, and the ...

Charles Waterton - 1828 - 362 pages
...with this difference, that it uses its own beak, which is serrated, in lieu of a pair of scissars : as soon as his tail is full grown, he begins about...sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long : both male and female Adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance...
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Wanderings in South America, the North-west of the United States, and the ...

Charles Waterton - 1836 - 362 pages
...with this difference, that it uses its own beak, which is serrated, in lieu of a pair of scissars : as soon as his tail is full grown, he begins about...both sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch Jong: both male and female Adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance...
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Wanderings in South America: The North-west of the United States and the ...

Charles Waterton - 1852 - 304 pages
...feathers edged also with blue. This bird seems to suppose that its beauty can be increased by trimming the tail, which undergoes the same operation as our hair...sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long : both male and female Adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance...
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The Illustrated Natural History

John George Wood - 1855 - 478 pages
...natives. "This bird (the Houtou) seems to suppose that its beauty can be increased by trimming the tail, which undergoes the same operation as our hair...sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long : both male and female adorn their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance amongst...
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 826 pages
...; as soon as his tail is full grown, he begins about an inch from the extremity of the two largest feathers in it, and cuts away the web on both sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long. Both male and female Adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance amongst...
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Brazil and the Brazilians

Daniel Parish Kidder, James Cooley Fletcher - 1857 - 744 pages
...uses its own beak (which is serrated) in lieu of a pair of scissors. As soon as his tail is fullgrown, he begins about an inch from the extremity of the...sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long: both male and female adorn their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance amongst...
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Brazil and the Brazilians: Portrayed in Historical and Descriptive Sketches

Daniel Parish Kidder, James Cooley Fletcher - 1857 - 693 pages
...uses its own beak (which is serrated) in lieu of a pair of scissors. As soon as his tail is fullgrown, he begins about an inch from the extremity of the...sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long: both male and female adorn their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance amongst...
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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature ...: With Numerous ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...; as soon as his tail is full grown, he begins about an inch from the extremity of the two largest feathers in it, and cuts away the web on both sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long. Both male and female Adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance amongst...
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An Illustrated History of British Guiana

George Hanneman Bennett - 1866 - 366 pages
...in lien of a pair of scissors : as soon as his tail is full grown, he begins about an inch from ihe extremity of the two longest feathers in, it, and...sides of the shaft, making a gap about an inch long : both male and female adonise their tails in this manner, which gives them a remarkable appearance...
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