Wonders of the animal kingdom. BirdsSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848 - Всего страниц: 484 |
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... ground , which distinguishes them from the falcon tribe ; and with their talons , which distin- guishes them from the vulture . In strength , in vigour of the wing , acuteness of sight , and pow- erful clutch of the talons , the Golden ...
... ground , which distinguishes them from the falcon tribe ; and with their talons , which distin- guishes them from the vulture . In strength , in vigour of the wing , acuteness of sight , and pow- erful clutch of the talons , the Golden ...
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... ground , but always bears it to some lofty station . The crows are contented to wait under the tree on which he may choose to make his repast and pick up the fallen fragments . This bird carefully picks off all the feathers of his prey ...
... ground , but always bears it to some lofty station . The crows are contented to wait under the tree on which he may choose to make his repast and pick up the fallen fragments . This bird carefully picks off all the feathers of his prey ...
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... ground , and can carry off a prey of much greater size than any other of the species . The Harpy is said to be a solitary bird , frequenting the thickest forests , where it lives upon the sloths , fawns , and other young quadrupeds ...
... ground , and can carry off a prey of much greater size than any other of the species . The Harpy is said to be a solitary bird , frequenting the thickest forests , where it lives upon the sloths , fawns , and other young quadrupeds ...
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... ground , caused by the feet as they reach it . The slow , soft , faint strokes of the wings are quite unheard . Although the Owl is by no means hurtful to mankind , in fact renders the farmer important service , by ridding him of vermin ...
... ground , caused by the feet as they reach it . The slow , soft , faint strokes of the wings are quite unheard . Although the Owl is by no means hurtful to mankind , in fact renders the farmer important service , by ridding him of vermin ...
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... Kite . For this purpose it is customary to tie a fox's tail to the Owl , to enhance the singularity of its ap- pearance . Thus equipped , it skims along the sur- face of the ground and alights on the plain , 40 THE OWL .
... Kite . For this purpose it is customary to tie a fox's tail to the Owl , to enhance the singularity of its ap- pearance . Thus equipped , it skims along the sur- face of the ground and alights on the plain , 40 THE OWL .
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animals appearance attack Audubon Barn Owl beak beautiful bill birds of prey Black Stork body breast breeding brood built cage called colour covered curious distance Dodo domesticated Eagle eggs extremely Falkland Islands favourite feathers feed feet female fish Flamingoes flesh flight flock frequently Frigate Geese Golden Eagle Goose grass ground habits Harpy Eagle hatched head height hole Humming-Bird inches insects islands killed kind King Penguin known legs length lived male native neck nest never night Nightingale observed old birds Ostrich pair Parrot Peacock Pelican Penguin perch Pigeon plumage possession pouch prey quadrupeds Raven reared remarkable resembling roost says scarcely season seen shew singular sitting sometimes soon species specimen spot sticks Stork Swallow tail tion tree tribe twigs watch White Stork whole wild Wilson wings wood young birds
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Стр. 408 - ... gained he firmly kept, standing close before me erect and determined. When thus opposed he continually rolled his head from side to side, in a very odd manner, as if the power of distinct vision lay only in the anterior and basal part of each eye. This bird is commonly called the jackass penguin...
Стр. 66 - In the centre of this grove there stood an oak, which, though shapely and tall on the whole, bulged out into a large excrescence about the middle of the stem. On this a pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years, that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree.
Стр. 215 - The ground was strewed with broken limbs of trees, eggs, and young squab pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were fattening. Hawks, buzzards, and eagles, were sailing about in great numbers, and seizing the squabs from...
Стр. 66 - ... in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and, though her parental affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the ground.
Стр. 66 - Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry: the difficulty whetted their inclinations, and each was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task. But when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the...
Стр. 315 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Стр. 45 - It would be with us what the ibis was with the Egyptians. When it has young, it will bring a mouse to the nest about every twelve or fifteen minutes.
Стр. 174 - ... is the address which this adroit bird shows all day long in ascending and descending with security through so narrow a pass. When hovering over the mouth of the funnel, the vibrations of her wings acting on the confined air occasion a rumbling like thunder. It is not improbable that the dam submits to this inconvenient situation, so low in the shaft, in order to secure her broods from rapacious birds, and particularly from owls, which frequently fall down chimneys, perhaps in attempting to get...
Стр. 174 - In a day or two more they become flyers, but are still unable to take their own food; therefore they play about near the place where the dams are hawking for flies ; and, when a mouthful is collected, at a certain signal given, the dam and the nestling advance...
Стр. 413 - No tool had he who wrought; no knife to cut; No nail to fix; no bodkin to insert; No glue to join; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished! What nice hand, With every implement and means of art, • And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?