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... common bull and the buffalo , they manifest a natural antipathy to anything of a red or scarlet colour ; " and it was one of our amusements , " he says , " when approaching them , to hoist a red handkerchief on a pole , and to observe ...
... common bull and the buffalo , they manifest a natural antipathy to anything of a red or scarlet colour ; " and it was one of our amusements , " he says , " when approaching them , to hoist a red handkerchief on a pole , and to observe ...
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... common calf , and seemed to be thriving ; but it soon sickened and died . I heard , however , of more than one instance in that part of the colony , where the gnu , thus caught young , had been reared with the domestic cattle , and had ...
... common calf , and seemed to be thriving ; but it soon sickened and died . I heard , however , of more than one instance in that part of the colony , where the gnu , thus caught young , had been reared with the domestic cattle , and had ...
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... common English jays , shy and cautious , as if they had been hunted by sports- men every day of their lives , keeping at a certain distance , with the occasional clatter and chattering so well known to those who have patiently and ...
... common English jays , shy and cautious , as if they had been hunted by sports- men every day of their lives , keeping at a certain distance , with the occasional clatter and chattering so well known to those who have patiently and ...
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... common ox ; but its differences are so great and so many , that , if taken in the aggregate , they offer strong proofs of its specific distinction . Mr. Ogilby justly remarks that " narrow high withers , surmounted by a large fat hump ...
... common ox ; but its differences are so great and so many , that , if taken in the aggregate , they offer strong proofs of its specific distinction . Mr. Ogilby justly remarks that " narrow high withers , surmounted by a large fat hump ...
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Francis Orpen Morris. THE BULLFINCH . THE BULLFINCH . THIS is a tolerably common species of.
Francis Orpen Morris. THE BULLFINCH . THE BULLFINCH . THIS is a tolerably common species of.
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Book of Natural History: Containing A Description of Animals and Birds (1852) Francis Orpen Morris No preview available - 2008 |
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Page 218 - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, " Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou...
Page 161 - Their rein-deer form their riches. These, their tents, Their robes, their beds, and all their homely wealth Supply, their wholesome fare, and cheerful cups Obsequious at their call, the docile tribe Yield to the sled their necks, and whirl them swift O'er hill and dale, heap'd into one expanse Of marbled snow, as far as eye can sweep, With a blue crust of ice unbounded glaz'd.
Page 290 - ... look round for the originals, and discover, with astonishment, that the sole performer in this singular concert is the admirable bird now before us. During this exhibition of his powers, he spreads his wings, expands his tail, and throws himself around the cage in all the...
Page 3 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, And which the vulture's eye hath not seen: The lion's whelps have not trodden it, Nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Page 290 - The Mocking Bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caasar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master.
Page 290 - Baltimore, and twenty others, succeed, with such imposing reality, that we look round for the originals, and discover, with astonishment, that the sole performer in this singular concert is the admirable bird now before us.
Page 290 - He runs over the quiverings of the Canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia Nightingale, or Red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent; while he seems to triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions.
Page 302 - Parakeet is rapid, straight, and continued through the forests, or over fields and rivers, and is accompanied by inclinations of the body which enable the observer to see alternately their upper and under parts. They deviate from a direct course only when impediments occur, such as...
Page 161 - ... carrying in one hand the horns and part of the skin of the head of a deer, and in the other a small bundle of twigs, against which he, from time to time, rubs the horns, imitating the gestures peculiar to the animal. His comrade follows treading exactly in his footsteps, and holding the guns of both in a horizontal position, so that the muzzles project under the arms of him who carries the head. Both hunters have a fillet of white skin round their foreheads, and the foremost has a strip of the...
Page 157 - He was trying to shoot some wild ducks, and, in order to approach them unperceived, he put the corner of his poncho (which is a sort of long, narrow blanket) over his head, and crawling along the ground upon his hands and knees, the poncho not only covered his body, but trailed along the ground behind him. As he was thus creeping by a large bush of reeds, he heard...