Beautiful birds: their natural history, ed. by R. Tyas, Band 1Houlston and Wright, 1854 |
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Beautiful Birds: Their Natural History, Ed. by R. Tyas John Cotton (f Z S ) Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adapted America animal appears Audubon bars base beak beautiful bill birds of prey body bones breast British Cyclopædia broad Burrowing Owls Buzzard carcass carrion cere character claws clutching Common Buzzard Condor considerable covered curved cutting margin dark brown darker eggs egrets elevated Falconida falconry Falcons feathers feed feet female flight Flycatchers frequently genus grey ground habits Hawks head hooked inches inner insects irides Kite larvæ latter legs length lengthened less Long-tailed Tit mandible nearly neck nest Nightingale nostrils operculum Owls peculiar perched Peregrine Peregrine Falcon placed plumage powerful quadrupeds quill-feathers quills raptorial remarkably resemblance resorts rock seen seldom short side slender soft sometimes song species spot Spotted Flycatcher strength strike strong sub-family Swallow-tailed Kite tail tail-coverts tail-feathers talons tarsi thick throat Thrushes transverse trees tribe upper mandible Vultures Warblers whole wings woods yellow young
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Seite 62 - His favorite residence, however, is in the dark solitudes of deep swamps, covered with a growth of gigantic timber, and here, as soon as evening draws on and mankind retire to rest, he sends forth such sounds as seem scarcely to belong to this world, startling the solitary pilgrim as he slumbers by his forest fire, 'Making night hideous.
Seite 15 - But cawing rooks, and kites that swim sublime In still repeated circles, screaming loud, The jay, the pie, and e'en the boding owl, That hails the rising moon, have charms for me. Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake.
Seite 76 - He associates with them in the latter part of summer, the whole family hunting in company. He attacks the largest hawk or eagle in their defence, with a resolution truly astonishing ; so that all of them respect him, and, on every occasion, decline the contest. As the snows of winter approach, he descends from the mountainous forests, and from the regions of the north, to the more cultivated parts of the country, hovering about our hedgerows, orchards, and meadows, and disappears again early in April.
Seite 3 - Art thou the Bird whom Man loves best, The pious Bird with the scarlet breast, Our little English Robin; The Bird that comes about our doors When Autumn winds are sobbing?
Seite 3 - It is,' says Mr. Bennett in continuation, 'a bird of heavy flight but swift of foot. On catching a glimpse of the sportsman it runs with rapidity, aided by the wings in getting over logs of wood, rocks, or any obstruction to its progress ; it seldom flies into trees, except to roost, and then rises only from branch to branch : they build in old hollow trunks of trees which are lying upon the ground, or in the holes of rocks; the nest is formed merely of dried grass or dried leaves scraped together...
Seite 59 - Unlike most of his tribe, he hunts by day as well as by twilight, and is particularly fond of frequenting the shores and banks of shallow rivers, over the surface of which he slowly sails, or sits on a rock, a little raised above the water, watching for fish. These he seizes with a sudden and instantaneous stroke of the foot, seldom missing his aim.
Seite 60 - Canada and the northern districts of the United States, and sometimes extends his visits to the borders of Florida. Nature, ever provident, has so effectually secured this bird from the attacks of cold, that not even a point is left exposed. The bill is almost completely hid among a mass of feathers that cover the face ; the legs are clothed with such an exuberance of long, thick, hair-like plumage, as to appear nearly as large as those of a middle-sized dog, nothing being visible but the claws,...