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... TAIL A cat's tail speaks a definite sign lan- guage . Raised high , bannerwise , it means pride , contentment . When it extends straight out behind , its owner is generally on a still hunt . When it thrashes from side to side he is ...
... TAIL A cat's tail speaks a definite sign lan- guage . Raised high , bannerwise , it means pride , contentment . When it extends straight out behind , its owner is generally on a still hunt . When it thrashes from side to side he is ...
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... tail , and the Siamese is no exception . How- ever , the standards of both the Siamese Cat Club of England and the Siamese Cat Society of America call for a long and tapering tail , either straight or with only a slight kink near the ...
... tail , and the Siamese is no exception . How- ever , the standards of both the Siamese Cat Club of England and the Siamese Cat Society of America call for a long and tapering tail , either straight or with only a slight kink near the ...
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... tail is curiously flat- tened from side to side . The longer feathers may be a foot in length . These decorations are confined to the males , as females and imma- ture males are streaked , sparrowlike birds with the tail short , as in ...
... tail is curiously flat- tened from side to side . The longer feathers may be a foot in length . These decorations are confined to the males , as females and imma- ture males are streaked , sparrowlike birds with the tail short , as in ...
Contents
GuamPerch of the China Clippers By MARGARET M HIGGINS | 99 |
A Motor Caravan Rolls Across Sahara and Jungle Through Realms | 327 |
Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American | 419 |
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