Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... leave of these innocent and useful little birds , may we be pardoned for pleading in their favour against the wan- ton and cruel sport - if sport it must be called - of swallow- shooting ? We say nothing of the sudden deprivation of a ...
... leave of these innocent and useful little birds , may we be pardoned for pleading in their favour against the wan- ton and cruel sport - if sport it must be called - of swallow- shooting ? We say nothing of the sudden deprivation of a ...
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... leaves , from which the rain - drops hang like diamonds , whilst the glorious rainbow tells of peace and good will to all creatures . The nest , formed of moss , fibrous roots , and dry grass , lined with grass , stems , and sparingly ...
... leaves , from which the rain - drops hang like diamonds , whilst the glorious rainbow tells of peace and good will to all creatures . The nest , formed of moss , fibrous roots , and dry grass , lined with grass , stems , and sparingly ...
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... leave the nest before they are able to fly , and follow their parents over the moss , where they are fed about a week . They run nimbly , emit a soft peep , and squat closely at the first appearance of danger . If observed and pursued ...
... leave the nest before they are able to fly , and follow their parents over the moss , where they are fed about a week . They run nimbly , emit a soft peep , and squat closely at the first appearance of danger . If observed and pursued ...
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... leave after the oats are gathered in . It is therefore remarkable that we do not see more of them . The absence of its favourite millet may perhaps be the cause that the ortolan does not visit us in numbers ; but we suspect that more ...
... leave after the oats are gathered in . It is therefore remarkable that we do not see more of them . The absence of its favourite millet may perhaps be the cause that the ortolan does not visit us in numbers ; but we suspect that more ...
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... leaving the head and neck gear of a rich velvety black , and the bill becomes of a lead - blue hue throughout . In this state the bird remains till the autumnal moult again clothes it in its winter covering . M. Temminck describes the ...
... leaving the head and neck gear of a rich velvety black , and the bill becomes of a lead - blue hue throughout . In this state the bird remains till the autumnal moult again clothes it in its winter covering . M. Temminck describes the ...
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Стр. 37 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Стр. 299 - 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. 78 - 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. 80 - Tis the merry Nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates With fast thick warble his delicious notes, As he were fearful that an April night Would be too short for him to utter forth His love-chant, and disburthen his full soul Of all its music...
Стр. 91 - 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. 97 - 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. 299 - 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, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven...
Стр. 148 - Polish swan to be fifty-seven inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail...