Fauna Orcadensis: Or, The Natural History of the Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes of Orkney and ShetlandGeorge Ramsay, 1813 - Всего страниц: 230 |
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... easily might , in a country so well situated for it . Beef in Orkney sells cheap , seldom above three - halfpence per pound , com- monly at a penny , or a penny - farthing ; however , it must be confessed , our Orkney beef is neither so ...
... easily might , in a country so well situated for it . Beef in Orkney sells cheap , seldom above three - halfpence per pound , com- monly at a penny , or a penny - farthing ; however , it must be confessed , our Orkney beef is neither so ...
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... easily spare , and that with- out complaint , their yearly tribute ; but all their lives are , sooner or later , at his call , and required with the greatest severity . Not even content with this last sacrifice they make him , he ( here ) ...
... easily spare , and that with- out complaint , their yearly tribute ; but all their lives are , sooner or later , at his call , and required with the greatest severity . Not even content with this last sacrifice they make him , he ( here ) ...
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... it fall down on the birds . The linnet is easily tamed , and even when caught old soon goes to its meat , and is familiarized to its condition . Species 3. - The Lesser Red - headed Linnet . The Linnet . ] 63 OF ORKNEY .
... it fall down on the birds . The linnet is easily tamed , and even when caught old soon goes to its meat , and is familiarized to its condition . Species 3. - The Lesser Red - headed Linnet . The Linnet . ] 63 OF ORKNEY .
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... easily distinguished from the other linnets by the beautiful purple spot on its rump . It is smaller and lon- ger - bodied than the common linnet ; the tail is longer in pro- portion ; in other respects it is not very easily ...
... easily distinguished from the other linnets by the beautiful purple spot on its rump . It is smaller and lon- ger - bodied than the common linnet ; the tail is longer in pro- portion ; in other respects it is not very easily ...
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... easily known by its breast , but more to the country people by its constant visits . Said to be much addicted to fighting , especially with its own kind , insomuch , that one tree will not bear at one time two redbreasts . Species 2 ...
... easily known by its breast , but more to the country people by its constant visits . Said to be much addicted to fighting , especially with its own kind , insomuch , that one tree will not bear at one time two redbreasts . Species 2 ...
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anal fin ash-coloured ashore back toe back-fin belly white bill bird body branchiostegous rays breast breed breeding-time Brit British Zoology brown builds caught Char.-Bill claws coasts colour common compressed covered curlew dorsal fin dusky Eagle eating eels eggs feathers feet fish flocks frequent GENUS Goosander Goose Gull head hooked Icth Illus inches long islands isles killed kind lapwing legs length Linnæus loch of Stenness male mandible membrane mouth neck nest never nostrils linear numbers observed Orkney pectoral fins Pennant Pisc placed Plover pretty prey Quad quantity Raii Syn retires rocks round Scot season seen seldom sharp shores shot Sir Robert Sibbald skin slender sometimes Species 1.-The spermaceti spotted spring strong summer teeth thick throat tongue Tringa upper mandible vast numbers whole upper side wings winter young Zool Zoology
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Стр. 68 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Стр. 6 - Ere the soft fearful people to the flood Commit their woolly sides. And oft the swain, On some impatient seizing, hurls them in : Embolden'd then, nor hesitating more, Fast, fast, they plunge amid the flashing wave, And panting labour to the farthest shore.
Стр. 33 - Kilda's* shore ; whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds, The royal eagle draws his vigorous young, Strong-pounc'd, and ardent with paternal fire ^ Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own, He drives them from his fort, the towering seat, For ages, of his empire ; which, in peace, Unstain'd he holds, while many a league to sea He wings his course, and preys in distant isles.
Стр. 64 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Стр. 73 - Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring : the cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few, Their food its insects, and its moss their nests. Others apart far in the grassy dale, Or roughening waste, their humble texture weave.
Стр. 65 - Though the whole loosen'd Spring around her blows, Her sympathizing lover takes his stand High on the' opponent bank, and ceaseless sings The tedious time away; or else supplies Her place a moment, while she sudden flits To pick the scanty meal. The...
Стр. 6 - Head above head: and rang'd in lusty rows The shepherds sit, and whet the sounding shears. The housewife waits to roll her fleecy stores, With all her gay-drest maids attending round.
Стр. 7 - Behold where bound, and of its robe bereft, By needy man, that all-depending lord, How meek, how patient, the mild creature lies ! What softness in its melancholy face...
Стр. 64 - That even to birds, and beasts, the tender arts Of pleasing teaches. Hence the glossy kind Try every winning way inventive love Can dictate, and in courtship to their mates Pour forth their little souls.
Стр. 6 - The trout is banish'd by the sordid stream; Heavy, and dripping, to the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race: where, as they spread Their swelling treasures to the sunny ray, Inly disturb'd, and wondering what this wild Outrageous tumult means, their loud complaints The country fill; and, toss'd from rock to rock, Incessant bleatings run around the hills.