Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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... keep the two jaunty curling feathers in his tail in order , and to get them into curl again after they have got relaxed by the night dews . Mrs. Duck's russet gown , too , has got muddy , and she must make it tidy again , the clear ...
... keep the two jaunty curling feathers in his tail in order , and to get them into curl again after they have got relaxed by the night dews . Mrs. Duck's russet gown , too , has got muddy , and she must make it tidy again , the clear ...
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... keeping hi keen eye on the skylark . It was a chase . Which will beat ? hawk or horse , wings or wheels ? One mile is done ; on spin the wheels , but on circles the bold fellow overhead . Two miles : there he is still , just overhead ...
... keeping hi keen eye on the skylark . It was a chase . Which will beat ? hawk or horse , wings or wheels ? One mile is done ; on spin the wheels , but on circles the bold fellow overhead . Two miles : there he is still , just overhead ...
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... keeping peace with the proprietor of the soil . A heron was once a royal dish ; but when one was shot at Castle Strange , to furnish feathers for my aunt's fire - screen , the delicacy -alas ! for this degenerate age - was only ...
... keeping peace with the proprietor of the soil . A heron was once a royal dish ; but when one was shot at Castle Strange , to furnish feathers for my aunt's fire - screen , the delicacy -alas ! for this degenerate age - was only ...
Seite 57
... comes near , then flies off again , and so keeps company with him for a mile or more - this agreeable comrade of the green waste , being as savoury as he is shy , is sacrificed for his ounce of flesh to the appetites of BIRD MURDER . 57.
... comes near , then flies off again , and so keeps company with him for a mile or more - this agreeable comrade of the green waste , being as savoury as he is shy , is sacrificed for his ounce of flesh to the appetites of BIRD MURDER . 57.
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... feed on the caterpillar and keep down its numbers , and the consequence is , that they lost twenty thousand tons of sugar during one year , by the ravages " 9 of that insect , and are now offering 2,000l . BIRD MURDER . 61.
... feed on the caterpillar and keep down its numbers , and the consequence is , that they lost twenty thousand tons of sugar during one year , by the ravages " 9 of that insect , and are now offering 2,000l . BIRD MURDER . 61.
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
animals appearance autumn aviary beak beautiful Bewick's swan bill black grouse breed brood cage called canary capercaillie chaffinch colour creatures crested grebe cuckoo dabchick delight dodo ducks eggs favourite feathers feed feet female flight flocks garden grey ground habits hatched hawk head heard herons hippopotamus humming bird ibis insects lark Leadenhall Market leaves linnet living London look magpie moorlands morning musical mute swan natural naturalist neck nest never night nightingale nuthatch observed once ornithologists ostrich pair parrots perch pigeons plumage pretty ptarmigan quail raven red grouse redbreast remarkable robin rookery rooks season seen shot side sing skylark small birds song soon sparrows species specimen spot spring starlings summer swallow swan tail tenants thou trees turkey twigs uttered voice watch wild window wings winter woods young birds
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 70 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Seite 144 - 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.
Seite 202 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Seite 142 - 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.
Seite 26 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Seite 22 - Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Seite 232 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Seite 19 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Seite 25 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Seite 29 - I will bless the Lord at all times : His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 0 magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.