A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, and Plants, Том 3Gray & Bowen, 1831 |
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... of the wings . One term more it may be proper to explain , that is , the scapulars , which are the feath- ers that rise from the shoulders and cover the back . - EDITOR . body , are much lighter , firmer , and more 2 NATURAL HISTORY .
... of the wings . One term more it may be proper to explain , that is , the scapulars , which are the feath- ers that rise from the shoulders and cover the back . - EDITOR . body , are much lighter , firmer , and more 2 NATURAL HISTORY .
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... body , are much lighter , firmer , and more compact in birds than in other creatures . Their lungs are extended all over the cavity of their body . Carnivorous birds , like carnivorous quadrupeds , have but one stomach , and that well ...
... body , are much lighter , firmer , and more compact in birds than in other creatures . Their lungs are extended all over the cavity of their body . Carnivorous birds , like carnivorous quadrupeds , have but one stomach , and that well ...
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... body is of an oval form , and ap- pears entirely round . It is covered from the back and rump with long feathers ; these feathers are gray upon the back , and white on the belly , and it has no other tail . It goes very swiftly , and ...
... body is of an oval form , and ap- pears entirely round . It is covered from the back and rump with long feathers ; these feathers are gray upon the back , and white on the belly , and it has no other tail . It goes very swiftly , and ...
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... body being nearly equal , and its neck and legs much thicker and stronger in proportion ; this conformation gives it an air of strength and force , which the fierceness and singularity of its coun- tenance conspire to render formidable ...
... body being nearly equal , and its neck and legs much thicker and stronger in proportion ; this conformation gives it an air of strength and force , which the fierceness and singularity of its coun- tenance conspire to render formidable ...
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... body is massive , almost cubical , and covered with gray feathers ; it is just barely supported upon two short thick legs like pillars . The neck , thick and pursy , is joined to the head , which consists of two great chaps , that open ...
... body is massive , almost cubical , and covered with gray feathers ; it is just barely supported upon two short thick legs like pillars . The neck , thick and pursy , is joined to the head , which consists of two great chaps , that open ...
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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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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.