Wonders of the animal kingdom. BirdsSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1848 - Всего страниц: 484 |
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... unmercifully ; and from that instant , whenever they came in contact , a series of most skilful and courageous combats took place between * Magazine of Natural History . them . The defence of the poor little Owl was 48 THE OWL .
... unmercifully ; and from that instant , whenever they came in contact , a series of most skilful and courageous combats took place between * Magazine of Natural History . them . The defence of the poor little Owl was 48 THE OWL .
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... natural history . He describes a species of Owl , which has a very different way of living and lodging from those we have mentioned . It is called the Burrowing Owl ( Strix cunicularia ) , and is common in both North and South America ...
... natural history . He describes a species of Owl , which has a very different way of living and lodging from those we have mentioned . It is called the Burrowing Owl ( Strix cunicularia ) , and is common in both North and South America ...
Стр. 65
... places . In White's " Natural History of Selborne " one is mentioned , which gives a singular instance of the local attach- ment of this bird . " In the centre of the grove , " F says Mr. White , " there stood an oak , THE RAVEN . 65.
... places . In White's " Natural History of Selborne " one is mentioned , which gives a singular instance of the local attach- ment of this bird . " In the centre of the grove , " F says Mr. White , " there stood an oak , THE RAVEN . 65.
Стр. 91
... natural song , and inserting in a confused manner tones and passages which they have caught from other birds . If , however , they have a good instructor and a good memory , they imitate perfectly , and often add to their instructor's ...
... natural song , and inserting in a confused manner tones and passages which they have caught from other birds . If , however , they have a good instructor and a good memory , they imitate perfectly , and often add to their instructor's ...
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... naturally voracious , and will accommodate itself in captivity to almost any kind of food , provided it be mixed with meat ; but it is necessary to be very careful in the diet , in order to preserve THE NIGHTINGALE . 95.
... naturally voracious , and will accommodate itself in captivity to almost any kind of food , provided it be mixed with meat ; but it is necessary to be very careful in the diet , in order to preserve THE NIGHTINGALE . 95.
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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?