History and description of water birdsEdward Walker, 1816 |
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... shape and structure , is peculiar to this bird , it easily disengages the limpets from the rocks , and plucks out the oysters from their half - opened shells : on these it feeds , as well as on other kinds of shell - fish , sea - worms ...
... shape and structure , is peculiar to this bird , it easily disengages the limpets from the rocks , and plucks out the oysters from their half - opened shells : on these it feeds , as well as on other kinds of shell - fish , sea - worms ...
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... shape- less family scramble away from her , take to the water , separate from each other , and shift for themselves . The flesh is said to have a fine and delicate flavour , and is esteemed by epicures a delicious morsel . D THE WATER ...
... shape- less family scramble away from her , take to the water , separate from each other , and shift for themselves . The flesh is said to have a fine and delicate flavour , and is esteemed by epicures a delicious morsel . D THE WATER ...
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... shape , and in the flatness of its body ; its haunts and manner of living are nearly the same as those of the latter ; but it differs from both in the length of its bill , and in its plumage . It weighs about four ounces and a half ...
... shape , and in the flatness of its body ; its haunts and manner of living are nearly the same as those of the latter ; but it differs from both in the length of its bill , and in its plumage . It weighs about four ounces and a half ...
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... shape , the head being large in proportion to the size of the body , and the legs and feet very small . In length it is only seven inches , in breadth eleven ; and its weight is about two ounces and a quarter . The bill , measured from ...
... shape , the head being large in proportion to the size of the body , and the legs and feet very small . In length it is only seven inches , in breadth eleven ; and its weight is about two ounces and a quarter . The bill , measured from ...
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... shape and conformation , the three forward toes being unconnected from the claws to the first joints , from whence they appear as if grown into each other ; and the inner and hinder ones are placed in a line on the inside of the foot ...
... shape and conformation , the three forward toes being unconnected from the claws to the first joints , from whence they appear as if grown into each other ; and the inner and hinder ones are placed in a line on the inside of the foot ...
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Стр. 109 - ... inches from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail when spread as far as possible flat.
Стр. xiv - Or where the Northern Ocean., in vast whirls, Boils round the naked melancholy isles Of farthest Thule, and the Atlantic surge Pours in among the stormy Hebrides; Who can recount what transmigrations there Are annual made? what nations come and go? And how the living clouds on clouds arise? Infinite wings ! till all the plume-dark air And rude resounding shore are one wild cry.
Стр. 90 - The length of this bird, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is...
Стр. 44 - Then take the dimensions from the point of the bill to the end of the tail...
Стр. xviii - Eternal Maker has ordain'd The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active. Thus the men Whom Nature's works can charm, with God himself Hold converse; grow familiar, day by day, With his conceptions, act upon his plan; And form to his, the relish of their souls.
Стр. 191 - 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. 295 - The banks of the lake, for about ten yards on each side of this ditch (or pipe, as it is called) are kept clear from reeds, coarse herbage, &c. in order that the fowl may get on them to sit and dress themselves. Across this ditch, poles on each side, close to the edge of the ditch, are driven into the ground, and the tops bent to each other and tied fast. These poles at the entrance form an arch, from the top of which to the water is about ten feet.
Стр. 296 - ... there is then no further occasion for shelter. Were it not for these shootings, the fowl that remain about the mouth of the pipe would be alarmed, (if the person driving the fowl already under the net should be exposed) and would become so shy as to forsake the place entirely.
Стр. xv - Nova Zembla, Iceland, Greenland, with "the vast sweep of the Arctic Zone, and those forlorn regions of dreary space, — that reservoir of frost and snow, where firm fields of ice, the accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine heights above heights, surround the pole, and concentre the multiplied rigours of extreme cold.
Стр. 202 - ... and never moved from it, though they have changed their station often.