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Notes on the nesting habits of the dove : Qualis spelunca subito commota columba Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi Fertur in arva volans , plausumque exterrita pennis Dat tecto ingentem , mox aëre lapsa quieto Radit iter ...
Notes on the nesting habits of the dove : Qualis spelunca subito commota columba Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi Fertur in arva volans , plausumque exterrita pennis Dat tecto ingentem , mox aëre lapsa quieto Radit iter ...
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Notes on the nesting habits of the dove : Qualis spelunca subito commota columba Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi Fertur in arva volans , plausumque exterrita pennis Dat tecto ingentem , mox aëre lapsa quieto Radit iter ...
Notes on the nesting habits of the dove : Qualis spelunca subito commota columba Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi Fertur in arva volans , plausumque exterrita pennis Dat tecto ingentem , mox aëre lapsa quieto Radit iter ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Birds of the Latin Poets Leland Stanford junior university publications. University series |
| Compiled by | Ernest Whitney Martin |
| Publisher | The University, 1914 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2005 |
| Length | 260 pages |
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