American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Том 3Constable and Company, 1831 |
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... called dew - berries , and are at such times considered exquisite eating . About the beginning of September , they descend with their young to the sea coast , and associate with the numerous multitudes then returning from their breeding ...
... called dew - berries , and are at such times considered exquisite eating . About the beginning of September , they descend with their young to the sea coast , and associate with the numerous multitudes then returning from their breeding ...
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... called the hawk's - eye , on account of its brilliancy . It appears , says the same author , in Greenland , in the spring , about the southern lakes , and feeds on worms and berries of the heath . This species is twelve inches long ...
... called the hawk's - eye , on account of its brilliancy . It appears , says the same author , in Greenland , in the spring , about the southern lakes , and feeds on worms and berries of the heath . This species is twelve inches long ...
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... called here by the common people the horse - foot . This animal is the monoculus polyhemus of entomologists . Its usual size is from twelve to fifteen inches in breadth , by two feet in length ; though sometimes it is found much larger ...
... called here by the common people the horse - foot . This animal is the monoculus polyhemus of entomologists . Its usual size is from twelve to fifteen inches in breadth , by two feet in length ; though sometimes it is found much larger ...
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... called fiddlers , that burrow in the mud at the bottom of inlets , are frequently the prey of the oyster - catcher ; as are muscles , spout - fish , and a variety of other shell fish and sea insects with which those shores abound . The ...
... called fiddlers , that burrow in the mud at the bottom of inlets , are frequently the prey of the oyster - catcher ; as are muscles , spout - fish , and a variety of other shell fish and sea insects with which those shores abound . The ...
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... called it a hagdel . He adds , " it was shot from a flock , which was first discovered on the beach near the entrance of Boston Harbour . On the approach of the gunner , they rose , and instantly formed in line , like a corps of troops ...
... called it a hagdel . He adds , " it was shot from a flock , which was first discovered on the beach near the entrance of Boston Harbour . On the approach of the gunner , they rose , and instantly formed in line , like a corps of troops ...
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Arct ARDEA back and scapulars Bartram belly bill bird blackish breast Briss brownish Buff Catesb clapper rail colour common common snipe coverts crown dark brown deep diving duck dusky edged Edinburgh College Museum eggs feathers feed female ferruginous fish flesh flocks frequently FRINGILLA genus goosander grass green gunners half head heron hindhead inches in extent inches in length inches long inhabits irides la Caroline larvæ Lath Latham legs and feet Linn LINNÆUS AND WILSON male mandible marked membrane middle nearly neck nest numbers Peale's Museum pectinated Plate plover plumage pure white rail reddish reeds river round rump salt marshes SANDPIPER scapulars seen shores shot sides smew snipe snowy heron species streaked SYLVIA Syst tail tail-coverts tertials tipt with white TRINGA Turt upper mandible vent WARBLER whitish William Bartram wing-coverts wings winter yellow yellowish young birds Zool
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Стр. 17 - 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. 26 - The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail', is about three feet eight inches.
Стр. 235 - It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half.
Стр. 230 - Here is in this river and in the waters all over Florida, a very curious and handsome bird, the people call them Snake Birds, I think I have seen paintings of them on the Chinese screens and other India pictures : they seem to be a species of cormorant or loon ( Colymbus cauda elongata) but far more beautiful and delicately formed than any other species that I have ever seen.
Стр. 137 - ... length from the point of the bill to the tip of the tail, is about three feet.
Стр. 145 - ... facing to windward, with their long wings expanded, and their webbed feet patting the water, the lightness of their bodies, and the action of the wind on their wings, enable them to do this with ease. In calm weather they perform the same manoeuvre, by keeping their wings just so much in action as to prevent their feet from sinking below the surface.
Стр. 158 - Island, being out shooting in one of the bays, which in that part of the country abound with water-fowl, wounded a Wild Goose. Being wingtipped, and unable to fly, he caught it, and brought it home alive. It proved to be a female, and turning it into his yard, with a flock of tame Geese, it soon became quite tame and familiar, and in a little time its wounded wing entirely healed. In the following spring, when the Wild Geese migrate to the northward, a flock passed over Mr. Platt's...
Стр. 95 - ... proceeds through among the reeds, which lie broken and floating on the surface. The whole space for a considerable way round the canoe is completely enlightened ; the birds stare with astonishment, and, as they appear, are knocked on the head with the paddle, and thrown into the canoe. In this manner from twenty to eighty dozen have been killed by three negroes in the short space of three hours...
Стр. 49 - ... excellent food. IT is a pleasing sight at times of high winds and heavy thunder storms, to observe the numerous squadrons of these Spanish curlews driving to and fro, turning and tacking about, high up in the air, when by their various evolutions in the different and opposite currents of the wind high in the clouds, their silvery white plumage gleams and sparkles like the brightest chrystal, reflecting the sun-beams that dart upon them between the dark clouds.
Стр. 93 - ... pushing her steadily through the reeds. The Rail generally spring singly, as the boat advances, and at a short distance a-head, are instantly shot down, while the boatman, keeping his eye on the spot where the bird fell, directs the boat forward and picks it up as the gunner is loading. It is also the boatman's business to keep a sharp...