MAKE A MEME View Large Image Curious creatures in zoology (15382569597).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES 203 <br> TWO-HEADED WILD GEESE <br> Near the land of the Cynocephali or dog-headed men <br> there were many islands and Also in this yle and in <br> many yles thereabout are ...
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Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15382569597).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES 203 <br> TWO-HEADED WILD GEESE <br> Near the land of the Cynocephali or dog-headed men <br> there were many islands and Also in this yle and in <br> many yles thereabout are many wyld geese with two <br> heads But these were not the only extraordinary <br> breed of wild geese extant <br> As the wise Wilde-geese when they over-soar <br> Cicilian mounts within their bills do bear <br> A pebble stone both day and night for fear <br> Lest ravenous Eagles of the North descry <br> Their Armies passage by their Cackling Cry <br> Aristotle mentions the Crane as another stone-bearing <br> bird Among birds as it was previously remarked <br> the Crane migrates from one extremity of the earth to <br> the other and they fly against the wind As for the <br> story of the stone it is a fiction for they say that they <br> carry a stone as ballast which is useful as a touchstone <br> for gold after they have vomited it up <br> FOUR- FOOTED DUCK <br> Gesner describes a four-footed duck which he says <br> is like the English puffin except in the number of its 23574958 76213 32031 Page 203 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574958 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John Biodiversity Heritage Library Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23574958 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574958 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween university of california libraries archive org bhlmonstersrreal Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-19 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15382569597 2015-08-25 20 55 14 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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