Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1847 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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... colour , some green , others as white as snow , and others again of every tint , and disposed in large patches or tufts . It is on the latter that this lark places her nest , which is disposed with so much care , while the moss so ...
... colour , some green , others as white as snow , and others again of every tint , and disposed in large patches or tufts . It is on the latter that this lark places her nest , which is disposed with so much care , while the moss so ...
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... colour . The forked tail is black , edged with white , inclining to buff colour . The chin , the throat , and the upper part of the breast and sides are of the same rich fawn colour as the scapulars , smaller wing - coverts , and the ...
... colour . The forked tail is black , edged with white , inclining to buff colour . The chin , the throat , and the upper part of the breast and sides are of the same rich fawn colour as the scapulars , smaller wing - coverts , and the ...
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... colour of the head and neck is apparently continued . The wing - coverts and quills are greyish - black , and both greater and lesser wing - coverts have broad outer edges , and the tips white with a red tinge . All the quills have a ...
... colour of the head and neck is apparently continued . The wing - coverts and quills are greyish - black , and both greater and lesser wing - coverts have broad outer edges , and the tips white with a red tinge . All the quills have a ...
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... colour : the cocke a very glorious bird , in a manner al redde or yellowe on the brest , backe , and head . The oldest man living never heard or reade of any such like bird ; and the thinge most to bee noted was , that it seemed they ...
... colour : the cocke a very glorious bird , in a manner al redde or yellowe on the brest , backe , and head . The oldest man living never heard or reade of any such like bird ; and the thinge most to bee noted was , that it seemed they ...
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... cross- bills are much more distinct and bright than they are in the females . In September , the colour of the males is more uniform , D and the stripes more diffused . At the first autumnal MIGRATORY SINGING BIRDS . 49.
... cross- bills are much more distinct and bright than they are in the females . In September , the colour of the males is more uniform , D and the stripes more diffused . At the first autumnal MIGRATORY SINGING BIRDS . 49.
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Стр. 303 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Стр. 303 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Стр. 69 - The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
Стр. 89 - Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves ! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed save bats and owls ! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon ; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley : Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
Стр. 305 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Стр. 138 - Through swords, through seas, whither she would ride. Do but look on her eyes, they do light All that Love's world compriseth ! Do but look on her hair, it is bright As Love's...
Стр. 83 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow : there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Стр. 143 - The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings.
Стр. 84 - Alitis in parvae subitam collecta figuram, Quae quondam in bustis aut culminibus desertis Nocte sedens, serum canit importuna per umbras ; Hanc versa in faciem, Turni se pestis ob ora 865 Fertque refertque sonans, clipeumque everberat alis.
Стр. 88 - Dame. Yes, I have brought, to help our vows, Horned poppy, cypress boughs, The fig-tree wild that grows on tombs, And juice that from the larch-tree comes, The basilisk's blood, and the viper's skin : And now our orgies let us begin.