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Aristotle praises its sagacity; Ælian dilates on the courage and cunning of the "vulpanser," and its singular attachment to man [5]; and Ovid ranks the goose as superior to the dog in the scale of intelligence, --
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Wind-eggs are laid by a number of birds: as for instance by the common hen, the hen partridge, the hen pigeon, the peahen, the goose, and the vulpanser.
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Further there is the large goose, the little gregarious goose, the vulpanser, the horned grebe, and the penelops.
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Symbolical hieroglyphics are, among others, a crescent for a month, the maternal vulture for _maternity_, the filial vulpanser for _son_, the bee for _a people obedient to their king_, the bull for _strength_, the ostrich feather with its equal filaments for _truth_, the lotus for Upper and the papyrus for Lower
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various
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