Birds, Частина 294Religious Tract Society, 1842 - 159 стор. |
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... opening year . We commonly think that a nest should be so formed that the eggs may not roll out ; yet many species nestle on the ground , without either finding or making any hollows . The robin usually selects a shallow cavity among ...
... opening year . We commonly think that a nest should be so formed that the eggs may not roll out ; yet many species nestle on the ground , without either finding or making any hollows . The robin usually selects a shallow cavity among ...
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... enough for it to dry and harden . About half an inch seems a suf- ficient layer for a day ; yet in about ten or twelve days a nest is formed , strong , compact , and warm , with THE SAND - MARTIN . a small opening towards the 7.
... enough for it to dry and harden . About half an inch seems a suf- ficient layer for a day ; yet in about ten or twelve days a nest is formed , strong , compact , and warm , with THE SAND - MARTIN . a small opening towards the 7.
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... opening , which is nearly circular , and working round and round as it proceeds , the gallery being more or less curved in its course , and being narrow and funnel - shaped at the end . One observer watched a swallow cling with its ...
... opening , which is nearly circular , and working round and round as it proceeds , the gallery being more or less curved in its course , and being narrow and funnel - shaped at the end . One observer watched a swallow cling with its ...
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... opening at the top , capable of admitting a finger . The whole is so compact that it might be rolled on the floor without injury . The burrows into which the owls have been seen to descend , on the plains of the river Plate , where they ...
... opening at the top , capable of admitting a finger . The whole is so compact that it might be rolled on the floor without injury . The burrows into which the owls have been seen to descend , on the plains of the river Plate , where they ...
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... opening , the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle , the tree nodded to its fall , but still the bird sat on . At last , when it gave way , the bird was flung from her nest , and was whipped down by the twigs , which brought ...
... opening , the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle , the tree nodded to its fall , but still the bird sat on . At last , when it gave way , the bird was flung from her nest , and was whipped down by the twigs , which brought ...
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Сторінка 2 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Сторінка 27 - The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Сторінка 16 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Сторінка 16 - ... mallet, the tree nodded to its fall; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest ; and, though...
Сторінка 19 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Сторінка 22 - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou...
Сторінка 14 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Сторінка 24 - Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes, when listening Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes, in thought Elate, to make her night excel their day. The blackbird...
Сторінка 11 - Within a thick and spreading hawthorn bush That overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry Thrush Sing hymns to sunrise...