The Young Naturalist's Book of Birds: Anecdotes of the Feathered CreationJoseph Rickerby, 1838 - 168 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 30
... falcon , has always been celebrated for his sagacity , which , joined with indomitable courage and perseverance , renders him peculiarly useful in the chase . But , as with men , bravery of the most exalted kind is often masked by ...
... falcon , has always been celebrated for his sagacity , which , joined with indomitable courage and perseverance , renders him peculiarly useful in the chase . But , as with men , bravery of the most exalted kind is often masked by ...
الصفحة 31
... falcons in the world are caught , which being highly valued for their strength and beauty , particularly by the Turks and Persians , are sold at extravagant prices . They are not , as might have been expected , taken from the nest ; but ...
... falcons in the world are caught , which being highly valued for their strength and beauty , particularly by the Turks and Persians , are sold at extravagant prices . They are not , as might have been expected , taken from the nest ; but ...
الصفحة 32
... falcons are as white as doves . Bell afterwards saw , in Kûrdistan , the beautiful species of hawk called cherkh , which is trained for antelope - hunting . This is done by stuffing the skin of one of these animals , and placing the ...
... falcons are as white as doves . Bell afterwards saw , in Kûrdistan , the beautiful species of hawk called cherkh , which is trained for antelope - hunting . This is done by stuffing the skin of one of these animals , and placing the ...
الصفحة 33
... falcon . Before going out , I had been amused at seeing Nuttee Beg , our head falconer , a man of great experience in his department , put upon this bird a pair of leathers , which he fitted to its thighs with as much care as if he had ...
... falcon . Before going out , I had been amused at seeing Nuttee Beg , our head falconer , a man of great experience in his department , put upon this bird a pair of leathers , which he fitted to its thighs with as much care as if he had ...
الصفحة 34
... falcon , whose boldness and celerity in attacking the dogs , and se- curing its prey , excited our admiration and asto- nishment . " Bell was informed of a circumstance , while travel- ling in Kurdistan , which raises still higher our ...
... falcon , whose boldness and celerity in attacking the dogs , and se- curing its prey , excited our admiration and asto- nishment . " Bell was informed of a circumstance , while travel- ling in Kurdistan , which raises still higher our ...
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الصفحة 72 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
الصفحة 35 - Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
الصفحة 20 - I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent : in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it : and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar : and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing ; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
الصفحة 106 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
الصفحة 6 - Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations below ; the snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air ; the busy...
الصفحة xii - They summ'd their pens ; and, soaring the air sublime, With clang despised the ground, under a cloud In prospect : there the eagle and the stork On cliffs and cedar-tops their eyries build : Part loosely wing the region ; part, more wise, In common, ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their aery caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight...
الصفحة 18 - And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
الصفحة 72 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
الصفحة 131 - A pair of these little birds had one year inadvertently placed their nest on a naked bough, perhaps in a shady time, not being aware of the inconvenience that followed. But...
الصفحة 7 - By his wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the fish-hawk settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. " Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the...