Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1847 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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... noticed it as far west as Terceira , one of the Azores : but this is no place for a lecture on the geographical distribution of birds . Albinos are not very uncommon . The fruit consumed by the Blackbird and Song Thrush is well * Merula ...
... noticed it as far west as Terceira , one of the Azores : but this is no place for a lecture on the geographical distribution of birds . Albinos are not very uncommon . The fruit consumed by the Blackbird and Song Thrush is well * Merula ...
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... noticed . A pair , which took possession of a fir - tree in Colonel Montagu's garden , ceased their song as soon as the young were hatched ; and , when they were about six days old , he took the nest and placed it outside his study ...
... noticed . A pair , which took possession of a fir - tree in Colonel Montagu's garden , ceased their song as soon as the young were hatched ; and , when they were about six days old , he took the nest and placed it outside his study ...
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... noticed by him is the 7th of May . Markwick never saw it earlier than the 28th of April , and the latest arrival observed by him was the 19th of that month . The great alpine - swift , which chooses the highest rocks and the most ...
... noticed by him is the 7th of May . Markwick never saw it earlier than the 28th of April , and the latest arrival observed by him was the 19th of that month . The great alpine - swift , which chooses the highest rocks and the most ...
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... vary in colour in different nests , but the most usual tints are purple- brown , or purple - red clouds or spots on a greyish white ground . Richard's - pipit ( Anthus Ricardi ) was first noticed 38 ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS .
... vary in colour in different nests , but the most usual tints are purple- brown , or purple - red clouds or spots on a greyish white ground . Richard's - pipit ( Anthus Ricardi ) was first noticed 38 ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS .
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William John Broderip. Richard's - pipit ( Anthus Ricardi ) was first noticed by Mr. Vigors , as an occasional visiter , and though the appearance of others here has been recorded , they can only be considered as stragglers . Of the true ...
William John Broderip. Richard's - pipit ( Anthus Ricardi ) was first noticed by Mr. Vigors , as an occasional visiter , and though the appearance of others here has been recorded , they can only be considered as stragglers . Of the true ...
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Стр. 303 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Стр. 303 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Стр. 69 - The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
Стр. 89 - Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed save bats and owls ! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon ; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley : Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
Стр. 305 - 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. 138 - Through swords, through seas, whither she would ride. Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world compriseth ! Do but look on her hair, it is bright As Love's...
Стр. 83 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow : there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Стр. 143 - The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings.
Стр. 84 - Alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram, Quae quondam in bustis aut culminibus desertis Nocte sedens, serum canit importuna per umbras ; Hanc versa in faciem, Turni se pestis ob ora 865 Fertque refertque sonans, clipeumque everberat alis.
Стр. 88 - Dame. Yes, I have brought, to help our vows, Horned poppy, cypress boughs, The fig-tree wild that grows on tombs, And juice that from the larch-tree comes, The basilisk's blood, and the viper's skin : And now our orgies let us begin.