 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 802 Seiten
...opponent, when, with a sudden scream,- probably of despair and honest execration, he drops the fish. The eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to...and bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods.'1 The Sea Eagle (F. ossifragus) is also common in the Middle States, as in other parts of the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 Seiten
...opponent, when with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish; the eagle, poising himself for a moment as if to take...snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bean his ill-gotten booty silentiy away to the woods. These predatory attacks and defensive manoeuvres... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 600 Seiten
...point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, the latter drops his fish. The e.ngle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more certain aim, descende like a whirlwind, snatches it ere it reaches the water, and bears his ¡11 gotten booty silently... | |
 | British land birds - 1857 - 318 Seiten
...opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and execration, the latter drops his fish. The eagle, poising himself for a moment as if to take...his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." Of the true FALCONS (which give their name to the whole family) we have seven species in England, of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 Seiten
...opponent, when with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish; the eagle, poising himself for a moment as if to take...bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. These predatory attacks and defensive manœuvres of the eagle and fish-hawk are matters of daily observation... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 Seiten
...when, with a sndden Bcream, prohably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish ; the eagle, poising himself for a moment as if to take...his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. THE MOCEING BIRD. The plumage of the mocking-bird, though none of the homeMil, has nothing gandy or brilliant... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1837 - 806 Seiten
...opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the osprey drops his fish; the eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to...his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods." CORAL REEFS. THERE is a popular error abroad about coral-reefs, which we have repeatedly seen, and... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 Seiten
...when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish ; the eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to...bears his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. HEAD AND FOOT OF BALD EAGLE. " These predatory attacks and defensive maneuvers of the eagle and the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 Seiten
...despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish ; the eagle, poising himself for a moment M if to take a more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind,...his ill-gotten booty silently away to the woods. THE MOCKING-BIRD. The plumage of the mocking-bird, though none of the homeliest, has nothing gaudy or brilliant... | |
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The unencumbered Eagle rapidly advances, and is just on the point of reaching his opponent, when, with a sudden scream, probably of despair and honest execration, the latter drops his fish : the Eagle, poising himself for a moment, as if to take a more... 
