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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... males . Toes , three before and one behind . II . — THE PASSERINE ORDER . Insessores . Vig . The characters of this order are of a negative quality , as it comprehends a vast assemblage of birds , having few tangible and prominent ...
... males . Toes , three before and one behind . II . — THE PASSERINE ORDER . Insessores . Vig . The characters of this order are of a negative quality , as it comprehends a vast assemblage of birds , having few tangible and prominent ...
الصفحة 42
... male partly opens his broad wings , inclines his body a little downwards , and answers to her voice in tones not unlike the laugh of a maniac . The next moment he resumes his erect attitude , and again all around is silent . Ducks of ...
... male partly opens his broad wings , inclines his body a little downwards , and answers to her voice in tones not unlike the laugh of a maniac . The next moment he resumes his erect attitude , and again all around is silent . Ducks of ...
الصفحة 43
... male bird starts from his perch , in full preparation for the chase , with an awful scream that to the swan's ear brings more terror than the report of the large duck - gun . Now is the moment to witness the Eagle's powers . He glides ...
... male bird starts from his perch , in full preparation for the chase , with an awful scream that to the swan's ear brings more terror than the report of the large duck - gun . Now is the moment to witness the Eagle's powers . He glides ...
الصفحة 46
... their young , which they unite in defending with the utmost fury . " The male assists in incubation ; during the continuance of which the one bird supplies the other with food , although each in its 46 ORDER I. - RAPTORES .
... their young , which they unite in defending with the utmost fury . " The male assists in incubation ; during the continuance of which the one bird supplies the other with food , although each in its 46 ORDER I. - RAPTORES .
الصفحة 47
... male bird is now and then observed rising to a great height in the air , over the spot where his mate is seated . This he does by ascending almost in a direct line , by means of continued flappings , meeting the breeze with his white ...
... male bird is now and then observed rising to a great height in the air , over the spot where his mate is seated . This he does by ascending almost in a direct line , by means of continued flappings , meeting the breeze with his white ...
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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.