American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Band 4Constable and Company, 1831 |
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... latter genus we have admitted after Temminck , who is opposed to new genera among the hawks , though Astur and Elanus certainly require to be separated no less than the two genera that Temminck himself has established in the old genus ...
... latter genus we have admitted after Temminck , who is opposed to new genera among the hawks , though Astur and Elanus certainly require to be separated no less than the two genera that Temminck himself has established in the old genus ...
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... latter has also the fifth as long as the fourth ; that , in our species , being equal to the third . The tail is also much more rounded , the outer feather being nearly an inch shorter than the middle one . In F. velox the tail is even ...
... latter has also the fifth as long as the fourth ; that , in our species , being equal to the third . The tail is also much more rounded , the outer feather being nearly an inch shorter than the middle one . In F. velox the tail is even ...
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... latter as a new genus , under the name of Nauclerus . The female white - tailed hawk , is sixteen and a half inches long , and three feet five and a half inches in extent . The bill is black , and measures from the corners of the mouth ...
... latter as a new genus , under the name of Nauclerus . The female white - tailed hawk , is sixteen and a half inches long , and three feet five and a half inches in extent . The bill is black , and measures from the corners of the mouth ...
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... latter , while in the ash - coloured it is cuneiform . Other minor differences are besides observable in the respective sexes and states of both ; but as those we have indicated are the only ones that permanently exist , and may be ...
... latter , while in the ash - coloured it is cuneiform . Other minor differences are besides observable in the respective sexes and states of both ; but as those we have indicated are the only ones that permanently exist , and may be ...
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... latter is not more than the others , entitled to be admitted as distinct , being merely the present in its youthful dress . The hen - harrier belongs to the subgenus Circus , which in English we shall call harrier , the name of 24 FALCO ...
... latter is not more than the others , entitled to be admitted as distinct , being merely the present in its youthful dress . The hen - harrier belongs to the subgenus Circus , which in English we shall call harrier , the name of 24 FALCO ...
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adult male American American Goldfinch appearance Arct Audubon band belly bill bird blackish BONAPARTE breast Brehm Briss brown brownish Buff bullfinch cinereous cliff swallow colour Columba coverts crow blackbird Dict domesticated turkey dusky dusky grouse eagle eggs Emberiza Falco feathers feet female ferruginous finch flight flocks flycatcher fork-tailed flycatcher Fringilla garganey genus Gmel gray grayish Grosbeak grouse hawk head Hirundo fulva Hist inches long inferior surface inhabits irides Lath Latham Linn Linné Long's Loxia mandible margined middle Muscicapa naturalists neck nest observed Ornithology outer paler Penn Philadelphia Museum pigeon Plate plumage primaries pure white purple finch Pyrrhula Quiscalus remarkable resemble Rocky Mountains ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK rounded rump rusty sexes slightly species specimen spot Sylvia Syst tail tail-coverts Temm Temminck Tetrao tinged trees Vieill Vieillot Warbler white-winged crossbill whitish wild turkey Wilson wing-coverts wings winter yellow yellowish young Zool
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Seite 119 - ... nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him, and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case ; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all...
Seite 120 - He is besides, (though a little vain and silly 'tis true, but not the worse emblem for that) a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British guards, who should presume to invade his farm-yard with a red coat on.
Seite 201 - Suddenly there burst forth a general cry of "Here they come!" The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea, passing through the rigging of a close-reefed...
Seite 201 - Before sunset I reached Louisville, distant from Hardensburgh fiftyfive miles. The Pigeons were still passing in undiminished numbers, and continued to do so for three days in succession.
Seite 189 - ... it is where Nature seems to have paused, as she passed over the earth, and opening her stores, to have strewed with unsparing hand the diversified see.ds from which have sprung all the beautiful and splendid forms which I should in vain attempt to describe, that the Mocking Bird should have fixed its abode ; there only that its wondrous song should be heard.
Seite 202 - The uproar continued the whole night; and as I was anxious to know to what distance the sound reached, I sent off...
Seite 183 - The snowwhite bird is now in sight; her long neck is stretched forward ; her eye is on the watch, vigilant as that of her enemy ; her large wings seem with difficulty to support the weight of her body, although they flap incessantly. So irksome do her exertions seem, that her very legs are spread beneath her tail to aid her flight.
Seite 107 - ... turkey when he hears any unusual or frequently repeated noise. Where the turkeys are numerous, the woods, from one end to the other, sometimes for hundreds of miles, resound with this remarkable voice of their wooing, uttered responsively from their roosting places. This is continued for about an hour; and, on the rising of the sun, they silently descend from their perches, and the males begin to strut for the purpose of winning the admiration of their mates.
Seite 22 - ... on the approach of the cold season, the comfortable cell for his winter's sleep. This cell, which is composed of fine dry grass, is globular in form, with an opening at top capable of admitting the finger ; and the whole is so firmly compacted, that it might, without injury, be rolled over the floor. "It is delightful, during fine weather, to see these lively little creatures sporting about the entrance of their burrows, which are always kept in the neatest repair, and are often inhabited by...