Our feathered families, Том 2 |
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... tail feathers are black , or nearly so ; there is a yellowish band about the nostril , and the strong , hooked beak , with the upper mandible projecting considerably over the lower , is of dull blue , like unpolished steel , fit colour ...
... tail feathers are black , or nearly so ; there is a yellowish band about the nostril , and the strong , hooked beak , with the upper mandible projecting considerably over the lower , is of dull blue , like unpolished steel , fit colour ...
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... tail , hence the name ' Ring - tailed ' sometimes applied to it . This variation of plumage has caused it to be often confounded with the White - Tailed or Sea Eagle , about which we shall speak presently ; but it is clearly dis ...
... tail , hence the name ' Ring - tailed ' sometimes applied to it . This variation of plumage has caused it to be often confounded with the White - Tailed or Sea Eagle , about which we shall speak presently ; but it is clearly dis ...
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... tail depressed , his large wings half raised by his side , his neck stretched out , and his eye glistening as he glances around . Like other robbers of the desert , he has a noble aspect , an imperative mien , a look of proud defiance ...
... tail depressed , his large wings half raised by his side , his neck stretched out , and his eye glistening as he glances around . Like other robbers of the desert , he has a noble aspect , an imperative mien , a look of proud defiance ...
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... tail , thrusts forth his talons , and grasping a poor , terrified Ptarmigan , that sat cowering among the grey lichens , squeezes it to death , raises his head exultingly , emits a clear , shrill cry , and springing from the ground ...
... tail , thrusts forth his talons , and grasping a poor , terrified Ptarmigan , that sat cowering among the grey lichens , squeezes it to death , raises his head exultingly , emits a clear , shrill cry , and springing from the ground ...
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... tail is entirely white , and slightly rounded in form , and this is a very distinctive mark of the species ; the tail of the Golden Eagle in the immature state never being altogether white , and in the mature state not at all . Although ...
... tail is entirely white , and slightly rounded in form , and this is a very distinctive mark of the species ; the tail of the Golden Eagle in the immature state never being altogether white , and in the mature state not at all . Although ...
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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.