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  1. Natural History Notes.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 23 October 1885 Supplement: Supplement to the Colac Herald p 2 Article
    ... Natural History Notes. BY ASINUS. ARIA.-A blood-curdling rendition of screams, supposed to be harmonically arranged, ranged, united with words that enthusiastically cally endeavor to be misunderstood, and perfectly succeed in the attempt. BABY.-An automatic musical machine; one of the many ... 269 words
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  2. UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR. CHILDREN'S NATURAL HISTORY ESSAYS.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 13 October 1905 p 7 Article
    ... UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR. CHILDREN'S NATURAL HISTORY ESSAYS. Here *HIere are some tit-bits from the natural history tory essays written by school-children for the purpose of the competition under the auspices pices of the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show. If we had no horses we should have to go back ... 209 words
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  3. THE SHAREHOLDER STUDY IN NATURAL HISTORY.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 14 November 1902 p 5 Article
    ... THE SHAREHOLDER STUDY IN NATURAL HISTORY. Mr Anthomy. Pulbrook philosophises jhises as follows in- ... skinned alive. Students of natural history are aware that it is not singular in this respect. There is an ... sacred precincts-a state ment which angers him greatly, as he is evidently a student in natural history, ... 1346 words
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  4. MOREPORK OR NIGHT-JAR.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 5 May 1911 p 4 Article Illustrated
    ... MOREPORK OR Australia." The night-jar, misnamed from an absurd superstition "goatsucker," is a familiar bird of twilight in England, land, winging its silent flight among the ghostly oaks in pursuit ... ments in the air, are exceedingly rapid.-"Natural History of Aus tralia." ... 155 words
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  5. A GREAT ANT HILL.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 29 June 1906 p 5 Article
    ... A GREAT ANT HILL. In the German " Natural History Review," Dr Von Wichdorff, a member ber of the Royal Geological Society. describes an enormous ant hill di covered by hint ott the Royal estata at Heydtwallde, in a remote part of East Frutssia. The nest, of which t photograpph is given with the ... 102 words
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  6. SECRETS OF THE ICE. EXPLORER'S DISCOVERIES. WHITE ESKIMOS. (Reuters.) NEW YORK, Monday.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Wednesday 2 October 1912 p 2 Article
    ... SECRETS OF THE ICE. EXPLORER'S DISCOVERIES. WHITE .ESKIMOS. (Reuters.) NEW YORK, Monday. Vilhjmar leader of the scientific expedition sent by the American Museum of Natural History tory in 1908, to explore the Arctic coast of British Colombia, who re cently returned to civilisation with a ... 86 words
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  7. A Boer Taxidermist.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 7 August 1903 p 5 Article
    ... Krantz, on paroqe, offered his services to the Colom oo Museum ,in mounting specimens .of natural history, ... expedition to the Hambantota district, nd the specimens all fell to 'the 'gun of Commandant Krantz - ... 105 words
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  8. THE PARROT FAMILY.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Wednesday 7 June 1911 p 4 Article Illustrated
    ... THE PARROT Australia." Out of a large number of species, mention can only be made of the most ... rakeet, which suddenly re-apperaed in 'New South Wales during a drought and after an absence of more that thirty years.-J"Natural History p iaustra li . ... 127 words
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  9. THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 16 October 1908 p 8 Article
    ... THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH. ' BOROUGH. The history of the. Vanderbilt family: is the history of ... capture racing trophies of America. France, or Eng land. My correspondent, who is an American who ... the prizes, at t Children's Horticultural Show in South fields. He writes to us that he was ... 197 words
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  10. THE NEW CHILDREN'S CHARTER WHAT IT MEANS.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 18 November 1904 p 8 Article
    ... hiped of prey is still a factor in natural history. and we can only force that type to disappear liy ... niytlh' Unhappily, not quite. and neither is his more un natural feminine counterpart unknown. To-day ... 287 words
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  11. THE EXCELLENCE OF FARM LIFE.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 17 December 1886 Supplement: Supplement to the Colac Herald p 2 Article
    ... town. But the farmer has the most sane and natural occupation, and ought to find life sweeter, if ... rout and live without land ? He writes his history upon his field. How many ties and resources he has; ... 162 words
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  12. HORNED DINOSAUR DUG UP IN CANADA.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 6 February 1914 p 4 Article
    ... Museu~ of Natural History, together with a large number of bones of other mam moth animals discovered at ... 144 words
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  13. A MILLIONAIRE'S QUESTION.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 26 October 1906 p 7 Article
    ... A MILLIONAIRE'S QUESTION. He was an American millionaire or the conventional type, and the custodian of the Natural History Museum found his enthusiasm his enlthlsiasml wan ing as his choicest and most rare specimens failed to seizo the atten tion of the distinguished visitor. At last he thought ... 147 words
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  14. British Birds for Canada.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 29 January 1904 p 6 Article
    ... British Birds for Canada. An attempt on a large scale to introduce duce English song-birds into British Columbia is at present being made. The Victoria (B.C.) Natural History Society, we learn from "Country Life," is taking out a consignment of about 500 birds, consisting of 100 pairs of ... 150 words
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  15. PENGUINES.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 5 May 1911 p 4 Article Illustrated
    ... leathery, " inflexible wings and the fins of the dugong and manatee.- -"Natural History of ... 160 words
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  16. CORRESPONDENCE. RABBITS AND SPARROWS. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.)
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 26 October 1883 p 3 Article
    ... me to call attention of those of your readers who take an interest in subjects of natural history; history ; to the seeming effects upon" some of our native species of animals, resulting from the ... late writers on natural his tory have shown. Tile decrease of snakes can with much probability be ... 403 words
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  17. SOME HISTORIC DOGS.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 24 January 1890 Supplement: Supplement to the Colac herald. p 3 Article
    ... seen, stuffed, in the cabinet of Natural History, at St. Petersburg. Then that Berry Monarch, King Charles II., never moved without a whole tribe of the span iels which bear his name; and, indeed, some ... the history of a great nation might have been very different from what it is. When William The Silent, ... 341 words
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  18. FACTS FROM ODD PLACES.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Wednesday 20 July 1910 p 4 Article
    ... FACTS FROM ODD PLACES.. " Japan has a written history extending Ing over 2500 years. Cornish ... -to provide the material for lead-pencils.. The pigeon and turkey have each a: natural temperature of 109 degrees, which is 10 degrees higher than man's natural temperature. Rabbits,. says' a ... 319 words
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  19. A DOG STORY PAPER CURRENCY.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 16 January 1903 p 5 Article
    ... A DOG STORY CURRENCY. In the forthcoming number (December) ber) of "Animal Life" -Messrs Hutchinson and Co.'s new magazine of natural history--a story is told of a farmer's dog that had been found guilty of obtaining food by false pretences. The animal was extremely fond of biscuits, and had been ... 204 words
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  20. A CAT STORY. SECURING OBEDIENCE.
    The Colac Herald (Vic. : 1875 - 1918) Friday 13 March 1903 p 8 Article
    ... A CAT STORY SECURING OBEDIENCE. A correspondent sends the following story to the January number of the "Animal Life," Messrs Hutchinson's Natural History Magazine: "I called the kitten," writes the cor respondent, "who sprang from her bas ket where she had been lying with her mother and followed ... 202 words
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