A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Том 3Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... bill - Waterfowl with Pinnated Feet - The Pha- larope - The Gray and Red Phalarope - The Coot - The Grebe - The Crested , Eared , and Red - necked Grebe . . 433 NATURAL HISTORY . CHAPTER I. * Of Birds in general vi CONTENTS .
... bill - Waterfowl with Pinnated Feet - The Pha- larope - The Gray and Red Phalarope - The Coot - The Grebe - The Crested , Eared , and Red - necked Grebe . . 433 NATURAL HISTORY . CHAPTER I. * Of Birds in general vi CONTENTS .
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... bill of the Ostrich somewhat re- semble those of a duck ; and the neck may be compared to that of a swan , but that it is much longer ; the legs and thighs resemble those of a hen ; though the whole appear- ance at a distance bears a ...
... bill of the Ostrich somewhat re- semble those of a duck ; and the neck may be compared to that of a swan , but that it is much longer ; the legs and thighs resemble those of a hen ; though the whole appear- ance at a distance bears a ...
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... bill to the extremity of the claws ; and the legs were two feet and a half high , from the belly to the end of the back . In other birds , a part of the feathers serve for flight , and are different from those that serve for mere ...
... bill to the extremity of the claws ; and the legs were two feet and a half high , from the belly to the end of the back . In other birds , a part of the feathers serve for flight , and are different from those that serve for mere ...
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... bill to near half the head backwards . This helmet is black before and yellow behind . Its substance is very hard , being formed by the elevation of the bone of the skull : and it consists of several plates , one over another , like the ...
... bill to near half the head backwards . This helmet is black before and yellow behind . Its substance is very hard , being formed by the elevation of the bone of the skull : and it consists of several plates , one over another , like the ...
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... bill is black , and their legs are remarkably thick and of a dull brown . The great length of the latter and of the neck , and the erect attitude and quiet demeanour of these birds , which sometimes attain as much as seven feet in ...
... bill is black , and their legs are remarkably thick and of a dull brown . The great length of the latter and of the neck , and the erect attitude and quiet demeanour of these birds , which sometimes attain as much as seven feet in ...
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A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes ..., Том 2 John Wright,Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon Недоступно для просмотра - 2018 |
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America animals appears ash colour Bald Eagle Barn Swallow beak beautiful bill bird birds of prey blue body breed brown builds bushes called Carrion Crow chiefly cock common covered crest Crow dusky Eagle eggs England Europe Falcon favourite feathers feed feet female Fieldfare fish five inches flesh flies flight flocks FLYCATCHER frequently genus glossed grass green ground habits half long Hawk head and neck Heron hole inches in length inches long inhabits insects Jack Snipe kind known lark larvæ lays legs loud male manner marshes native nest numbers olive orange colour Ostrich pale Pigeons Pine Grosbeak PLOVER plumage prey quadrupeds quills reddish resembles rivers SANDPIPER season seen seldom side sometimes song species spotted spring streaked swallow tail throat thrush titmouse trees tribe Turkey upper Vultures WARBLER Whip-poor-Will whole wings winter WOODPECKER woods yellow young
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Стр. 322 - ... him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions.
Стр. 384 - The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail', is about three feet eight inches.
Стр. 57 - Tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of Ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful Cranes, intent and wading ; clamorous Crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.
Стр. 56 - ... to which he soars, looking abroad, at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes and ocean, deep below him ; he appears indifferent to the little localities of change of seasons; as in a few minutes he can pass from summer to winter, from the lower to the higher regions of the atmosphere, the abode of eternal cold; and thence descend at will to the torrid or the arctic regions of the earth.
Стр. 10 - A pair of these little birds had one year inadvertently placed their nest on a naked bough, perhaps in a shady time, not being aware of the inconvenience that followed. But...
Стр. 116 - ... sailing around as before. Now his attention is again arrested, and he descends with great rapidity ; but ere he reaches the surface, shoots off on another course, as if ashamed that a second victim had escaped him. He now sails at a short height above the surface, and by a zigzag descent, and without seeming to dip his feet in the water, seizes a fish, which, A great ash-coloured* butcher-bird was shot last winter in Tisted Park, and a red-backed butcher-bird at Selborne.
Стр. 213 - Many trees two feet in diameter, I observed, were broken off at no great distance from the ground; and the branches of many of the largest and tallest had given way, as if the forest had been swept by a tornado. Everything proved to me that the number of birds resorting to this part of the forest must be immense beyond conception.
Стр. 57 - ... as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Стр. 322 - ... injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity. He repeats the tune taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully ; he runs over the...
Стр. 174 - ... strutting and wheeling about with great stateliness. After a few manoeuvres of this kind, he begins to strike with his stiffened wings in short and quick strokes, which become more and more rapid until they run into each other as has been already described.