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... marked with black , but which most naturalists say are of a pure white . In the most northernly parts of America , according to Richardson , it makes its nest on the ground , and lays three or four white eggs , of which only two are ...
... marked with black , but which most naturalists say are of a pure white . In the most northernly parts of America , according to Richardson , it makes its nest on the ground , and lays three or four white eggs , of which only two are ...
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... marked predilection for the ground distinguishes it from most Owls , which was seen by Aububon , was formed of dry grass , raked together in a slovenly manner : it was large , placed upon a low bush covered over by tall grass , and ...
... marked predilection for the ground distinguishes it from most Owls , which was seen by Aububon , was formed of dry grass , raked together in a slovenly manner : it was large , placed upon a low bush covered over by tall grass , and ...
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... marked with gold and silver , like those of the span- gled fowls , and some , as in Australia , perfectly white . Crows of this spotless hue occasionally appear in our own country , but they only occur singly , and as rare exceptions to ...
... marked with gold and silver , like those of the span- gled fowls , and some , as in Australia , perfectly white . Crows of this spotless hue occasionally appear in our own country , but they only occur singly , and as rare exceptions to ...
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... marked predilection for the dwellings of man , often taking up its abode in church steeples , in the midst of busy towns . A great frequenter of the church is the Jackdaw , and , as it would appear , a noisy asserter of its rights and ...
... marked predilection for the dwellings of man , often taking up its abode in church steeples , in the midst of busy towns . A great frequenter of the church is the Jackdaw , and , as it would appear , a noisy asserter of its rights and ...
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... marked with small round separated spots of dark brown and pale purple . They are generally produced in May ; the young are hatched by the end of that month , and are usually fit to take from the nest by the end of the second week in ...
... marked with small round separated spots of dark brown and pale purple . They are generally produced in May ; the young are hatched by the end of that month , and are usually fit to take from the nest by the end of the second week in ...
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appear beak beautiful bill birds of prey black Crow blue breeding brood brown building bush Carrion Crow chiefly Chough claws colour creatures croak Cuckoo described Eagle eggs Falcon Falconida Falconry favourite feathers feed feet female fish flies flight flock Flycatchers frequently garden gentle genus Gilbert White gliding grey ground Gyr Falcon habits HARRIER Hawk head heard hole Hooded Hooded Crows inches insects Jackdaw Kingfishers larvæ length loud Macgillivray Magpie male mice MONTAGU'S HARRIER naturalists nest nestles night observed pair perched Peregrine Falcon plumage poet Raven resembling Rooks says scream Screech Owl season seems seen SHORT-EARED OWL Shrike side small birds sometimes called song sound Sparrow-hawk species sport spot spring summer Swallow swift Syrnia tail talons tree twigs uttering voice watch wings Woodpecker woods Wryneck young birds
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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.