An Introduction to the Study of Birds: Or, the Elements of Ornithology, on Scientific Principles with a Particular Notice of the Birds Mentioned in ScriptureReligious Tract Society, 1835 - 584 من الصفحات |
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... islands , is among the most luxuriant scenery of nature , forests and low savannahs , where animal life abounds , and death is soon succeeded by putrefaction . The King of the Vul- tures is by no means so large as many , but exceeds all ...
... islands , is among the most luxuriant scenery of nature , forests and low savannahs , where animal life abounds , and death is soon succeeded by putrefaction . The King of the Vul- tures is by no means so large as many , but exceeds all ...
الصفحة 29
... Islands of the Levant , Turkey , and throughout the greater part of Africa , abounding in immense flocks , and perform- ing no inconsiderable part in purifying the surface of the earth . Two birds of this species were seen in ORDER 1 ...
... Islands of the Levant , Turkey , and throughout the greater part of Africa , abounding in immense flocks , and perform- ing no inconsiderable part in purifying the surface of the earth . Two birds of this species were seen in ORDER 1 ...
الصفحة 54
... island . By the colonists at the Cape it is sometimes kept tame , mixing with the poultry on a very friendly footing , and rewarding its masters by an incessant warfare against the whole tribe of reptiles , rats , locusts , and large ...
... island . By the colonists at the Cape it is sometimes kept tame , mixing with the poultry on a very friendly footing , and rewarding its masters by an incessant warfare against the whole tribe of reptiles , rats , locusts , and large ...
الصفحة 94
... island , where it is one of the most useful , though perhaps one of the most persecuted , of the feathered race . An indweller of the farmer's barn , this aerial wanderer of the night destroys more of those little pests , the mice ...
... island , where it is one of the most useful , though perhaps one of the most persecuted , of the feathered race . An indweller of the farmer's barn , this aerial wanderer of the night destroys more of those little pests , the mice ...
الصفحة 115
... island or Europe generally . It arrives the latest and departs the earliest , appearing about the middle of April , and retiring southwards early in August ; hence it rears but one brood with us , whereas the rest of our Swallow tribe ...
... island or Europe generally . It arrives the latest and departs the earliest , appearing about the middle of April , and retiring southwards early in August ; hence it rears but one brood with us , whereas the rest of our Swallow tribe ...
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abundant Africa America appears Avocet Barn Owl beak beautiful Bee-eater bill bird body breast breeding brown Bustard chest claws close coast colour common COMMON CRANE compressed crest deep diving Duck dull dusky edges eggs elongated Europe favourite feathers feet female fish flight flocks food consists Fowl frequently Gallinule genus glossy grass gray green greenish ground habits head hence inches incubation insects island lakes larvæ legs length male mandible manners marshes moult native neck nest northern Northern Diver nostrils notice observed ostrich pass peculiar Petrel picul plumage plumes pointed Pratincole prey quadrupeds quill-feathers rapid reddish remarkable resemble rivers Sacred Ibis season seen shores short sides singular sketch slender species spot spring summer swallow swimming tail tail-coverts tarsi Temminck throat toes trachea trees tribe upper mandible upper surface Whip-poor-will whole wild wings winter woods yellow yellowish young
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الصفحة 388 - And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
الصفحة 121 - 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.
الصفحة 335 - Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
الصفحة 333 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth.
الصفحة 275 - O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice ? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring ! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery...
الصفحة 275 - To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope, a love ; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet ; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.
الصفحة 544 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart, Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone Will lead my steps aright.
الصفحة 544 - Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
الصفحة 2 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
الصفحة 2 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.