American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Том 2Whittaker, Treacher & Arnot, 1832 |
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... inches long , and sixteen inches in extent ; the whole upper parts are of a dark glossy drab , or what is usually called a quaker colour , with greenish silky reflections ; from this must , however , be excepted the inner vanes of the ...
... inches long , and sixteen inches in extent ; the whole upper parts are of a dark glossy drab , or what is usually called a quaker colour , with greenish silky reflections ; from this must , however , be excepted the inner vanes of the ...
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Alexander Wilson. This little species is four inches and a half long , and six inches and a half in breadth ; the front , and between the bill and eyes , is black ; the upper part of the head and neck , a fine Prussian blue ; upper part ...
Alexander Wilson. This little species is four inches and a half long , and six inches and a half in breadth ; the front , and between the bill and eyes , is black ; the upper part of the head and neck , a fine Prussian blue ; upper part ...
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... inches , then directly downwards , and not in a spiral manner , as some people have imagined . According to circumstances , this cavity is more or less deep , being sometimes not more than ten inches , whilst at other times it reaches ...
... inches , then directly downwards , and not in a spiral manner , as some people have imagined . According to circumstances , this cavity is more or less deep , being sometimes not more than ten inches , whilst at other times it reaches ...
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... inches long , and thirty inches in extent ; the general colour is black , with a considerable gloss of green when exposed to a good light ; iris of the eye , vivid yellow ; nostrils , covered with recumbent white hairs ; fore part of ...
... inches long , and thirty inches in extent ; the general colour is black , with a considerable gloss of green when exposed to a good light ; iris of the eye , vivid yellow ; nostrils , covered with recumbent white hairs ; fore part of ...
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... inches long , of a dirty cream colour , with ⚫ a black head ; the stomach was an oblong pouch , not muscular like the gizzards of some others . The tongue was worm - shaped , and for half an inch at the tip as hard as horn , flat ...
... inches long , of a dirty cream colour , with ⚫ a black head ; the stomach was an oblong pouch , not muscular like the gizzards of some others . The tongue was worm - shaped , and for half an inch at the tip as hard as horn , flat ...
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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...