| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 стор.
...resembling hanging swarms of bees, as large as hogsheads, were formed on every tree, in all directious. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to' the gronnd, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every stick... | |
| John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 стор.
...well as wonderful and almost terrifying, sight presented itself. The Pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid...branches all round. Here and there the perches gave way underthe weight with acrash, and falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing... | |
| 1844 - 372 стор.
...well as wonderful, and almost terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving in thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid...large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under their weight, with a crash, and falling to the ground,... | |
| 1833 - 776 стор.
...almost terrifying sight presented itself. The pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted every where, one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to the ground,... | |
| John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1834 - 682 стор.
...what he relates. But let us pass on. " The pigeons," continues Mr. Audubon, " arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid...large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around." Solid masses ! Our European pigeons, in a similar situation, would have been all smothered... | |
| John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1834 - 698 стор.
...what he relates. But let us pass on. " The pigeons," continues Mr. Audubon, " arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid...large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around." Solid masses ! Our European pigeons, in a similar situation, would have been all smothered... | |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 стор.
...almost terrifying sight presented itself. The Pigeons, arriving by thousands, alighted every where, one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under the weight, with a crash, and falling to the ground,... | |
| 1836 - 282 стор.
...well as wonderful, and almost terrifying sight presented itself. The Pigeons, arriving in thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid...large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around. Here and there the perches gave way under their weight, with a crash, and falling to the ground,... | |
| Charles Waterton - 1838 - 438 стор.
...what he relates. But let us pass on. "The pigeons," continues Mr. Audubon, "arriving by thousands, alighted everywhere, one above another, until solid...large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around." Solid masses ! Our European pigeons, in a similar situation, would have been all smothered... | |
| Charles Waterton - 1839 - 430 стор.
...let us pass on. " The pigeons," continues Mr. Audubon, " arriving by thousands, alighted every where, one above another, until solid masses as large as hogsheads were formed on the branches all around." Solid masses ! Our European pigeons, in a similar situation, would have been all smothered... | |
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