American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Том 2Whittaker, Treacher & Arnot, 1832 |
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... extremely lax and soft , capable of great distension ; and , what is remarkable , is covered with a growth of fine down , or hair , of a light fawn colour . It is difficult to ascertain the particular purpose which Nature intends by ...
... extremely lax and soft , capable of great distension ; and , what is remarkable , is covered with a growth of fine down , or hair , of a light fawn colour . It is difficult to ascertain the particular purpose which Nature intends by ...
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... extremely sharp and strong . On such occasions , this bird utters a mournful and very piteous cry . " - ED . • Mr Audubon says , that though the greater part of their food consists of insects and their larvæ , no sooner are the grapes ...
... extremely sharp and strong . On such occasions , this bird utters a mournful and very piteous cry . " - ED . • Mr Audubon says , that though the greater part of their food consists of insects and their larvæ , no sooner are the grapes ...
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... extremely hard to kill , clinging close to the tree even after he has received his mortal wound ; nor yielding up his hold but with his expiring breath . If slightly wounded in the wing , and dropt while flying , he instantly makes for ...
... extremely hard to kill , clinging close to the tree even after he has received his mortal wound ; nor yielding up his hold but with his expiring breath . If slightly wounded in the wing , and dropt while flying , he instantly makes for ...
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... extremely unsuspicious at such times , and will allow a very near approach without betraying any symptoms of alarm . The specimen represented in the plate was shot , with several others of both sexes , in Seneca county , between the ...
... extremely unsuspicious at such times , and will allow a very near approach without betraying any symptoms of alarm . The specimen represented in the plate was shot , with several others of both sexes , in Seneca county , between the ...
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... extremely sharp . The whole plumage below the surface is of the most exquisitely soft , warm , and elastic kind , and so closely matted together as to make it a difficult matter to penetrate to the skin . The usual food of this species ...
... extremely sharp . The whole plumage below the surface is of the most exquisitely soft , warm , and elastic kind , and so closely matted together as to make it a difficult matter to penetrate to the skin . The usual food of this species ...
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America appearance Arct Astur Audubon Bald Eagle Barn Swallow barred Barred Owl bill bird blackish Bonap Bonaparte breast breeding brownish Buff cere Chuck-will's-widow claws colour common common Magpie covered Crow dark brown deep dusky Eagle edged eggs Europe exterior feathers feed ferruginous Fish Hawk flight flocks frequently genus ground habits half head Horned Owl inches in extent inches long inhabits larvæ length lower mandible manner marked marshes middle nearly neck nest North northern numbers observed olive pale brown Peale's Museum Pennant Pennsylvania Pigeons PLATE Plover plumage present species prey pure white Purple Martin quarter reddish resemblance river roost scapulars season seen shores shot Snipe sometimes specimens spot streaked summer Swallows Synop Syst tail tail-coverts Temminck tipt with white toes tree tribe upper usually Whip-poor-will whole Wilson wings winter Wood Thrush Woodpecker woods yellow yellowish young Zool
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Стр. 197 - No one dared venture within the line of devastation ; the hogs had been penned up in due time, the picking up of the dead and wounded being left for the next morning's employment. The Pigeons were constantly i ' mmg ; and it was past midnight before I perceived a decrease in the number of those that arrived. The uproar continued, however, the whole night; and, as I was anxious to know to what distance the sound reached, I sent off...
Стр. 197 - ... direction quite different from that in which they had arrived the evening before, and at sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. The...
Стр. 90 - ... in an instant. The snow-white bird is now in sight: her long neck is stretched forward, her eye is on the watch, vigilant as that of her enemy ; her large wings seem with difficulty to support the weight of her body, although they flap incessantly. So irksome do her exertions seem, that her very legs are spread beneath her tail, to aid her in her flight.
Стр. 94 - ... 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 all his attention.
Стр. 196 - Before sunset I reached Louisville, distant from Hardensburgh fiftyfive miles. The Pigeons were still passing in undiminished numbers, and continued to do so for three days in succession. The people were all in arms. The banks of the Ohio were crowded with men and boys, incessantly shooting at the pilgrims, which there flew lower as they passed the river. Multitudes were thus destroyed. For a week or more, the population fed on no other flesh than that of Pigeons, and talked of nothing but Pigeons.
Стр. 197 - The noise which they made, though yet distant, reminded me of a hard gale at sea passing through the rigging of a close-reefed vessel. As the birds arrived and passed over me, I felt a current of air that surprised me. Thousands were soon knocked down by the pole-men.
Стр. 375 - ... length from the point of the bill to the tip of the tail, is about three feet.
Стр. 195 - I proceeded. The air was literally filled with Pigeons; the light of noon-day was obscured as by an eclipse; the dung fell in spots, not unlike melting flakes of snow; and the continued buzz of wings had a tendency to lull my senses to repose.
Стр. 201 - From the great numbers that were constantly passing over our heads to or from that quarter, I had no doubt of the truth of this statement. The mast had been chiefly consumed in Kentucky ; and the pigeons, every morning a little before sunrise, set out for the Indiana territory, the nearest part of which was about sixty miles distant. Many of these returned...
Стр. 112 - ... 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 zig-zag descent and without seeming to dip his feet in the water, seizes a fish, which after carrying a short distance, he...