 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - Страниц: 344
...Cayenne and Brazil. It seems to have derived its name from the singular form of its head and neck, which at a distance might be mistaken for a serpent. In...other Indian pictures ; they seem to be a species of co/ymbus, but far more beautiful and delicately formed than any other that I have ever seen. They delight... | |
 | 1832 - Страниц: 424
...William Bartram we have received the following account of the subject of our history : — " There is in this river,* and in the waters all over Florida,...beautiful and delicately formed than any other that 1 have ever seen. They delight to sit in little peaceable communities, on the dry limbs of trees, hanging... | |
 | 1832 - Страниц: 428
...William Bartram we have received the following account of the subject of our history : — " There is in this river,* and in the waters all over Florida,...handsome bird, — the people call them snake birds ; 1 think I have seen paintings of them on the Chinese screens and other Indian pictures ; they seem... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - Страниц: 660
...Bartram, speaking of this species, " a very curious and handsome bird ; the people call them snake-birds ; I think I have seen paintings of them on the Chinese...that I have ever seen. They delight to sit, in little peaceful communities, on the dry limbs of trees hanging over the still waters, with their wings and... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - Страниц: 660
...Bartram, speaking of this species, " a very curious and handsome bird ; the people call them snake-birds ; I think I have seen paintings of them on the Chinese...that I have ever seen. They delight to sit, in little peaceful communities, on the dry limbs of trees hanging over the still waters, with their wings and... | |
 | Charles Conrad Abbott - 1894 - Страниц: 350
...by the gliding of an eel." To this account Ord added as follows, contributed by William Bartram : " Here is in this river, and in the waters all over...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 Indian pictures... | |
 | Willis Stanley Blatchley - 1902 - Страниц: 286
..."There is in this river and in the waters all over Florida, a very curious and handsome species of bird; the people call them Snake Birds; I think I...paintings of them on the Chinese screens and other India pictures. They seem to be a species of cormorant or loon, but far more beautiful and delicately... | |
 | Willis Stanley Blatchley - 1902 - Страниц: 286
...his "Travels" . Bartram has noted its presence along the St. John's in the following language: "There is in this river and in th.e waters all over Florida, a very curious and handsome species of bird; the people call them Snake Birds ; I think I have seen paintings of them on the Chinese... | |
 | William Bartram - 1928 - Страниц: 426
...is in this river, and in the waters all over Florida, a very curious and handsome species of birds, 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... | |
 | Lawrence Buell - 1995 - Страниц: 604
...Bartram glimpses flocks of a previously undescribed bird, the anhinga, through an intertextual haze ("I think I have seen paintings of them on the Chinese screens and other India pictures"). He weaves them into a wishful fantasy of "little peaceable communities" "hanging... | |
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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... 
