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... male bird , is extremely handsome , as will appear from the following description : the female too , though plainly dressed , is neat and elegant : The upper part of the head , a ring round the bill , and the origin of the neck is of a ...
... male bird , is extremely handsome , as will appear from the following description : the female too , though plainly dressed , is neat and elegant : The upper part of the head , a ring round the bill , and the origin of the neck is of a ...
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... male and female may be taught to whistle a variety of tunes They are frequently imported into this country from Germany , where they are taught to articulate with great distinctness , several words . " Sir William Parsons , who was ...
... male and female may be taught to whistle a variety of tunes They are frequently imported into this country from Germany , where they are taught to articulate with great distinctness , several words . " Sir William Parsons , who was ...
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... male is said to be accompanied by a noise somewhat like the ' gobble ' of a turkey - cock . By the Dutch it is frequently brought to Europe from the East Indian possessions , but being of a delicate constitution , and not able to bear ...
... male is said to be accompanied by a noise somewhat like the ' gobble ' of a turkey - cock . By the Dutch it is frequently brought to Europe from the East Indian possessions , but being of a delicate constitution , and not able to bear ...
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... male , who takes her place for several hours during the day while she is absent in search of food . When the young are first hatched , they are unfledged and blind , and consequently unable to provide for themselves . task the parents ...
... male , who takes her place for several hours during the day while she is absent in search of food . When the young are first hatched , they are unfledged and blind , and consequently unable to provide for themselves . task the parents ...
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... males and females also assume very different hues respectively , according to the season of the year . They are very singular - looking birds , and cannot be mistaken . PAKBARY MOUSE . BARBARY MOUSE . MICE belong to the.
... males and females also assume very different hues respectively , according to the season of the year . They are very singular - looking birds , and cannot be mistaken . PAKBARY MOUSE . BARBARY MOUSE . MICE belong to the.
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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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Africa America appear ash-colour AXIS DEER beautiful bill bird BIRD OF PARADISE blue body branch breast breed brown burrows cage chaffinch claws colour common covered crest dark deer dotterel duck DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS dusky ears eggs extremely eyes feed feet female flesh flocks flying fore forehead forests four frequently genus grass green grey greyish ground habits hair harpy eagle head horns HUMMING-BIRD hyæna inches Indian inhabit insects islands kind larvæ legs length lively male musk musk ox native nature nearly neck nest opossum pale perch plumage prey quadrupeds quill feathers rabbit ratel resembles says SCARLET TANAGER season seen seldom short sides slender sometimes song South species specimen spots squirrel summer sun-birds tail tamed throat thrush titmouse toes trees tribe upper water rat WEAVER BIRD wild wings winter woods yellow yellow bunting yellowish young zubr
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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...