 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...  Our feathered families - Сторінка 146автори: Henry Gardiner Adams - 1863Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 стор.
...on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish ; and when thev move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a loud croak, and' seem to...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicsome manner ; crow» and daws swagger in their walk ; woodpeckers... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 стор.
...on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish ; and when they move from onf place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a loud croak, and seem to...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicsome manner ;* crows and daws swagger in their walk ; wood-peckers... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 стор.
...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...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Kauki sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicsome manner ; crmri add daw» swagger in their walk ; voadpeckcri... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 стор.
...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...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicksome manner ; crows and daws swagger in their walk ; woodpeckers... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 стор.
...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...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicsome manner ;* crows and daws swagger in their walk ; woodpeckers... | |
 | T Forster - 1832 - 144 стор.
...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...scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the center of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicksome manner; Crows and Daws swagger... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 стор.
...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...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicsome manner; crows and daws swagger in their walk ; woodpeckers... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 стор.
...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...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicsome manner ; crows and daws swagger in their walk ; woodpeckers... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 стор.
...on the wing in a kind o> 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 lo tin- ground. When this odd gesture betides them, they arc scratching themselves) with one foot,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 стор.
...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...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicsome manner ; crows and daws swagger in their walk ; woodpeckers... | |
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