 | Henry Stevenson - 1866 - 542 Seiten
...Saxby (Zoologist, p. 9484), as observed by himself in Shetland : — " Seen against a dark hill side or a lowering sky, a flock of these birds presents...afforded when a number of these birds, backed by a dark grey sky, drop as it were in a shower to the ground, to the music of their own sweet tinkling notes."... | |
 | Henry Linkmyer Saxby - 1874 - 444 Seiten
...the performance of those rapid wheels close to the surface which I have attempted to describe above. Seen against a dark hill-side or a lowering sky, a...combination of sight and sound than that afforded when a cloud of these birds, backed by a dark grey sky, descends as it were in a shower to the ground, to... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1874 - 382 Seiten
...south. Mr. Saxby gives the following graphic account of this species as observed by him in Shetland: — "Seen against a dark hill-side or a lowering sky,...term 'snow-flake' has been applied to the species. 1 am acquainted with no more pleasing combination of sight and sound than that afforded when a number... | |
 | William Yarrell - 1882 - 558 Seiten
...that Mr. Lubbock likens the appearance of a flock at rest to " a variegated carpet." Saxby writes " Seen against a dark hillside or a lowering sky, a...combination of sight and sound than that afforded when a cloud of these birds, backed by a dark grey sky, descends as it were in a shower to the ground, to... | |
 | Seth Lister Mosley - 1884 - 984 Seiten
...are seen. In Iceland it of these birds presents an exceedingly beautiful appearance, and it may there be seen how aptly the term 'Snow-flake' has been applied...combination of sight and sound than that afforded when a cloud of these birds, backed by a dark grey sky, descends as it were in a shower to the ground, to... | |
 | William Henry Hudson, Frank Evers Beddard - 1895 - 444 Seiten
...most abundant. Many ornithologists have written lovingly about the snow-bunting. Thus, Saxby says : ' Seen against a dark hillside or a lowering sky, a...it may then be seen how aptly the term " snowflake " lias been applied to the species. I am acquainted witli no more pleasing combination of sight and... | |
 | William Henry Hudson, Frank Evers Beddard - 1895 - 468 Seiten
...most abundant. Many ornithologists have written lovingly about the snow-bunting. Thus, Saxby says : ' Seen against a dark hillside or a lowering sky, a...combination of sight and sound than that afforded when a cloud of these birds, backed by a dark grey sky, descends, as it were, in a shower to the ground, to... | |
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Seen against a dark hillside or a lowering sky, a flock of these birds presents an exceedingly beautiful appearance, and it may then be seen how aptly the term " snowflake " has been applied to the species. 