Our feathered families, Том 2 |
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... flight ; High in some mountain crag he dwells alone , And proudly makes the strength of rocks his own ; Thence wide o'er nature takes his dread survey , And with a piercing glance marks out his prey ; His young he feasts with blood ...
... flight ; High in some mountain crag he dwells alone , And proudly makes the strength of rocks his own ; Thence wide o'er nature takes his dread survey , And with a piercing glance marks out his prey ; His young he feasts with blood ...
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... these explorations , moves in silence ; and it is only when excited by the flight of its quarry , its mate , or a foe of some kind , that its peculiar yelp or shrill scream 20 ORGANS OF VISION . is heard . While sweeping B 2.
... these explorations , moves in silence ; and it is only when excited by the flight of its quarry , its mate , or a foe of some kind , that its peculiar yelp or shrill scream 20 ORGANS OF VISION . is heard . While sweeping B 2.
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... flight , to struggle , and beat the air uselessly with its wings , screaming the while , as if in great distress , and finally to come fluttering to the ground , and there lie motionless , dead , with a gaping wound in its neck ...
... flight , to struggle , and beat the air uselessly with its wings , screaming the while , as if in great distress , and finally to come fluttering to the ground , and there lie motionless , dead , with a gaping wound in its neck ...
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... flight , so as to make a gradually ascending spiral . The young ones still slowly fol- lowed , apparently flying better as they mounted ; and they continued this sublime exercise , always rising , till they became mere points in the air ...
... flight , so as to make a gradually ascending spiral . The young ones still slowly fol- lowed , apparently flying better as they mounted ; and they continued this sublime exercise , always rising , till they became mere points in the air ...
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... making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the Eagle are all ardour , and , levelling his neck for flight , he sees the Fish Hawk emerge struggling with his prey , 32 THIE OSPREY . and mounting in the air with.
... making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the Eagle are all ardour , and , levelling his neck for flight , he sees the Fish Hawk emerge struggling with his prey , 32 THIE OSPREY . and mounting in the air with.
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Сторінка 125 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Сторінка 271 - To view the structure of that little work, 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 140 - Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry: the difficulty whetted their inclinations, and each was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task. But when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in...
Сторінка 146 - There is a peculiarity belonging to ravens that must draw the attention even of the most incurious — they spend all their leisure time in striking and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish ; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a loud croak, and seem to be falling to the ground. When this odd gesture betides them, they are scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity.
Сторінка 152 - THERE is a bird, who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow; A great frequenter of the church, Where bishoplike he finds a perch, And dormitory too. Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather. Look up— your brains begin to swim, 'Tis in the clouds— that pleases him, He chooses it the rather.
Сторінка 33 - ... coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface; silent and watchful cranes intent and wading ; clamorous crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature.
Сторінка 209 - THE gorse is yellow on the heath, The banks with speedwell flowers are gay, The oaks are budding, and beneath The hawthorn soon will bear the wreath, The silver wreath of May.
Сторінка 158 - SILENT nymph, with curious eye ! Who, the purple evening, lie On the mountain's lonely van, Beyond the noise of busy man ; Painting fair the form of things, While the yellow linnet sings ; Or the tuneful nightingale Charms the forest with her tale ; Come, with all thy various hues, Come, and aid thy sister Muse...
Сторінка 234 - 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.
Сторінка 34 - The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.