 | Edward Turner Bennett - 1831 - 346 Seiten
...extraordinary patience ; and never attack the smallest bird or the most feeble quadruped while it has life. In walking their gait is slow and heavy, and their...maintained in a horizontal position. When about to mount into the air they are compelled to take several leaps before they can accomplish their purpose,... | |
 | 1834 - 700 Seiten
...extraordinary patience ; and never attack the smallest bird or the most feeble quadruped while it has life. In walking, their gait is slow and heavy, and their...maintained in a horizontal position. When about to mount into the air, they are compelled to take several leaps before they can accomplisn lheir purpose,... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 Seiten
...VULTURE. 21 or in pairs, building their nests in the hollows of the trunks, and laying only two eggs. In walking, their gait is slow and heavy, and their body is maintained in a horizontal position. They endure the 5<-»'V TIIK KINO VULTiriiE AN1> ITS I'liKV. I«ngs of hunger with extraordinary patience.... | |
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... highly developed, and their strength of wing sufficient to enable them to reach an extremely high pitch, and to continue their flight for hours together. They endure the pangs of hunger with extraordinary patience ; and never attack the smallest bird... 