The Natural History of Ireland, Том 3Reeve, Benham and Reeve, 1851 |
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... killed , and to the number of young they would respectively have produced . Such is an instance of what , on a smaller scale , is being commonly enacted . BIRDS OF IRELAND . ORDER NATATORES . SWIMMING BIRDS . PREFACE . vii.
... killed , and to the number of young they would respectively have produced . Such is an instance of what , on a smaller scale , is being commonly enacted . BIRDS OF IRELAND . ORDER NATATORES . SWIMMING BIRDS . PREFACE . vii.
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... killed by a dog . It was sent to a taxidermist in Belfast to be preserved , and came under my notice previous to being skinned , when the following description was - drawn up : - Length 5 feet 2 inches ; bill from point to forehead 4 ...
... killed by a dog . It was sent to a taxidermist in Belfast to be preserved , and came under my notice previous to being skinned , when the following description was - drawn up : - Length 5 feet 2 inches ; bill from point to forehead 4 ...
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... killed with two others and twenty- two wigeon , at the same shot from a swivel - gun on Lough Foyle about the beginning of that month . In the severe winter of 1849-50 , many rare birds were ob- tained in Ireland ; and during that ...
... killed with two others and twenty- two wigeon , at the same shot from a swivel - gun on Lough Foyle about the beginning of that month . In the severe winter of 1849-50 , many rare birds were ob- tained in Ireland ; and during that ...
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... killed at each discharge . They never attempted to take flight until a dog belonging to a countryman ran and took the water , when the two remaining birds rose on wing and fled . I never killed more than one at a shot , but have on ...
... killed at each discharge . They never attempted to take flight until a dog belonging to a countryman ran and took the water , when the two remaining birds rose on wing and fled . I never killed more than one at a shot , but have on ...
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... killed . When shot at , they merely swam farther out , and did not leave the lake . They were not pursued in boats . In the winter of 1847-48 again , wild swans were there . On Lough Clay , near Killileagh , Down , a flock of six ...
... killed . When shot at , they merely swam farther out , and did not leave the lake . They were not pursued in boats . In the winter of 1847-48 again , wild swans were there . On Lough Clay , near Killileagh , Down , a flock of six ...
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adult bird adult male appeared April arctic arctic terns August autumn bean goose Belfast Bay bill black-backed bred breeding breeding-haunt brent geese brent goose cliffs coast colour common common tern Cork cormorant diving Dublin eggs feathers February feeding female fish flight flock flying frequently fresh-water gannet goose grebe guillemot gull harbour head herring-gull hirundo immature inches informed Ireland island islet January Jardine June Kerry killed kittiwake lake Larne Lough Larus latter lesser black-backed gull Linn locality Lough Neagh March mentioned miles month nests nidify noticed observed obtained occasionally pair petrels plumage pochards procured puffin R. J. Montgomery razorbill remarked river Lagan rocks roseate scaup Scotland season seen Selby shooter shore shot skua species specimen Sterna stomach Strangford Lough summer teal terns toe and nail tufted ducks visited Wexford wigeon wild ducks wild-fowl wing winter yards Yarrell young birds
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Стр. 344 - Moor, moor the barge, ye gallant crew ! And, gentle ladye, deign to stay ! Rest thee in Castle Ravensheuch, Nor tempt the stormy firth to-day. " The blackening wave is edged with white : To inch* and rock the sea-mews fly; The fishers have heard the Water-Sprite, Whose screams forebode that wreck is nigh.
Стр. 345 - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
Стр. 191 - ... inches from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail when spread as far as possible flat.
Стр. 344 - ... driven out of the ground by severe floods; and the fish on which they prey in fine weather in the sea, leave the surface, and go deeper in storms. The search after food, as we have agreed on a former occasion, is the principal cause why animals change their places.
Стр. 4 - Thou hast a home, Beautiful bird ! thou voyagest to thine home, Where thy sweet mate will twine her downy neck With thine, and welcome thy return with eyes Bright in the lustre of their own fond joy. And what am I that I should linger here...
Стр. 214 - They are so numerous that we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them extending full half way over the bay, or to a distance of more than three miles, and so close together that thirty have fallen at one shot. This living column, on an average, might have been about six yards broad, and as many deep ; so that, allowing sixteen birds to a cubic yard, there must have been nearly four millions of birds on the wing at one time.
Стр. 213 - Hill, from the myriads of small birds of that name which frequent its base, and appear to prefer its environs to every other part of the harbour. " They are so numerous that we have frequently seen an uninterrupted line of them extending full half way over the bay, or to a distance of more than three miles, and so close together that thirty have fallen at one shot.
Стр. 405 - At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little islet, divided from Man by a narrow channel, called the Calf of Man, on which are no habitations but only a cottage or two lately built. This islet is full of rabbits, which the Puffins coming yearly dislodge, and build in their burroughs.
Стр. 227 - July, the old ones show vast affection towards them, and seem totally insensible of danger in the breeding season. If a parent is taken at that time, and suspended by the wings, it will, in a sort of despair, treat itself most cruelly, by biting every part it can reach ; and the moment it is loosed, will never offer to escape, but instantly resort to its unfledged young...
Стр. 254 - Here the ganet soares high into the sky to espy his prey in the sea under him, at which he casts himself headlong into the sea, and swallows up whole herrings in a morsell. This bird flys through the ship's sailes, piercing them with his beak.