A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Band 3Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... neck are above three feet long . Some reach the height of nine feet . From the top of the head to the rump , when the neck is stretched out in a right line , it is six feet long , and the tail is about a foot more . of the wings ...
... neck are above three feet long . Some reach the height of nine feet . From the top of the head to the rump , when the neck is stretched out in a right line , it is six feet long , and the tail is about a foot more . of the wings ...
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... neck , they imitated all its motions . By this means they are said to have enabled themselves to approach and take them at pleasure . In the same manner the savages of America disguise themselves as a roebuck , in order to sur- prise ...
... neck , they imitated all its motions . By this means they are said to have enabled themselves to approach and take them at pleasure . In the same manner the savages of America disguise themselves as a roebuck , in order to sur- prise ...
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... neck and legs much thicker and stronger in proportion ; this conformation gives it an air of strength and force , which the fierceness and singularity of its coun- tenance conspire to render formidable . That which has been described by ...
... neck and legs much thicker and stronger in proportion ; this conformation gives it an air of strength and force , which the fierceness and singularity of its coun- tenance conspire to render formidable . That which has been described by ...
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... neck ; but they are so short , and thinly sown , that the bird's skin appears naked , except to- wards the hinder part of the head , where they are a little longer . The wings , when they are deprived of their fea- thers , are but three ...
... neck ; but they are so short , and thinly sown , that the bird's skin appears naked , except to- wards the hinder part of the head , where they are a little longer . The wings , when they are deprived of their fea- thers , are but three ...
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... neck is of a violet colour , inclining to that of slate ; and it is red be hind in several places , but chiefly in the middle . About the middle of the neck before , at the rise of the large feathers , there are two projections formed ...
... neck is of a violet colour , inclining to that of slate ; and it is red be hind in several places , but chiefly in the middle . About the middle of the neck before , at the rise of the large feathers , there are two projections formed ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
America animals appears ash colour Bald Eagle Barn Swallow beak beautiful bill bird birds of prey blue body breed brown builds bushes called Carrion Crow chiefly cock common covered crest Crow dusky Eagle eggs England Europe Falcon favourite feathers feed feet female Fieldfare fish five inches flesh flies flight flocks FLYCATCHER frequently genus glossed grass green ground habits half long Hawk head and neck Heron hole inches in length inches long inhabits insects Jack Snipe kind known lark larvæ lays legs loud male manner marshes native nest numbers olive orange colour Ostrich pale Pigeons Pine Grosbeak PLOVER plumage prey quadrupeds quills reddish resembles rivers SANDPIPER season seen seldom side sometimes song species spotted spring streaked swallow tail throat thrush titmouse trees tribe Turkey upper Vultures WARBLER Whip-poor-Will whole wings winter WOODPECKER woods yellow young
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Seite 322 - ... him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.
Seite 384 - The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail', is about three feet eight inches.
Seite 57 - Tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of Ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful Cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous Crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.
Seite 56 - ... to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes and ocean, deep below him ; he appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons; as in a few minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold; and thence descend at will to the torrid or the arctic regions of the earth.
Seite 10 - A pair of these little birds had one year inadvertently placed their nest on a naked bough, perhaps in a shady time, not being aware of the inconvenience that followed. But...
Seite 116 - ... sailing around as before. Now his attention is again arrested, and he descends with great rapidity ; but ere he reaches the surface, shoots off on another course, as if ashamed that a second victim had escaped him. He now sails at a short height above the surface, and by a zigzag descent, and without seeming to dip his feet in the water, seizes a fish, which, A great ash-coloured* butcher-bird was shot last winter in Tisted Park, and a red-backed butcher-bird at Selborne.
Seite 213 - Many trees two feet in diameter, I observed, were broken off at no great distance from the ground; and the branches of many of the largest and tallest had given way, as if the forest had been swept by a tornado. Everything proved to me that the number of birds resorting to this part of the forest must be immense beyond conception.
Seite 57 - ... as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Seite 322 - ... injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity. He repeats the tune taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully ; he runs over the...
Seite 174 - ... strutting and wheeling about with great stateliness. After a few manoeuvres of this kind, he begins to strike with his stiffened wings in short and quick strokes, which become more and more rapid until they run into each other as has been already described.