The Magazine of Natural History, Volume 1Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 - Natural history |
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... heads 46 27. Arum campanulatum 59 20. Falcon's head 48 29. Enothèra speciosa 60 46. Eagle , hawk , and falcon's heads 94 30. Stapèlia stellaris 60 53. Bird of Washington 115 31. Euphorbia caput Medusa 60 85. Gerfalcon 218 34. Papaver ...
... heads 46 27. Arum campanulatum 59 20. Falcon's head 48 29. Enothèra speciosa 60 46. Eagle , hawk , and falcon's heads 94 30. Stapèlia stellaris 60 53. Bird of Washington 115 31. Euphorbia caput Medusa 60 85. Gerfalcon 218 34. Papaver ...
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... head of his own as well as of every other class . The study of mineral bodies is of the greatest importance : for what would civilised man be without iron ? The different ores , and the various useful or precious stones , display great ...
... head of his own as well as of every other class . The study of mineral bodies is of the greatest importance : for what would civilised man be without iron ? The different ores , and the various useful or precious stones , display great ...
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... head round from side to side , eyeing every person with the most suspicious and angry look ; its sense of hearing appeared to be excessively acute , so that the slightest whisper was sure to arouse it . The voice of this little animal ...
... head round from side to side , eyeing every person with the most suspicious and angry look ; its sense of hearing appeared to be excessively acute , so that the slightest whisper was sure to arouse it . The voice of this little animal ...
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... head off first ; he then pulled out the viscera and cast them aside , and devoured the rest of the body , rejecting the dry elytra and wings , and also the legs of the insect , which are covered with short stiff bristles . The small ...
... head off first ; he then pulled out the viscera and cast them aside , and devoured the rest of the body , rejecting the dry elytra and wings , and also the legs of the insect , which are covered with short stiff bristles . The small ...
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... head is small and very handsome ; the legs are strong , the fore ones much tapered , having five separate toes on each foot ; the tail is very long , thick at the root , and tapering to a point . It uses its fore paws with much ...
... head is small and very handsome ; the legs are strong , the fore ones much tapered , having five separate toes on each foot ; the tail is very long , thick at the root , and tapering to a point . It uses its fore paws with much ...
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Page 95 - Fish-hawk : each exerts his utmost to mount above the other, displaying in these rencontres the most elegant and sublime aerial evolutions. 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 certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill-gotten...
Page 405 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all...
Page 342 - Full fain it would delay me! My dear babe, Who, capable of no articulate sound, Mars all things with his imitative lisp, How he would place his hand beside his ear, His little hand, the small forefinger up, And bid us listen!
Page 417 - While thus exerting himself, a bystander, destitute of sight, would suppose that the whole feathered tribes had assembled together on a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost effect, — so perfect are his imitations. He many times deceives the sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are frequently imposed on by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied...
Page 342 - And I deem it wise To make him Nature's playmate. He knows well The evening star ! and once, when he awoke In most distressful mood (some inward pain Had made up that strange thing, an infant's dream...
Page 417 - In his domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken ; and the hen hurries about, with hanging wings and bristled feathers, clucking to protect her injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity.
Page 39 - Embattled in her field, and the humble shrub, And bush with frizzled hair implicit : last Rose, as in dance, the stately trees, and spread Their branches hung with copious fruit, or gemm'd Their blossoms: with high woods the' hills were crown'd With tufts the valleys, and each fountain side; With borders long the rivers: that Earth now Seem'd like to Heaven a seat where gods might dwell Or wander with delight, and love to haunt Her sacred shades...
Page 405 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 95 - His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear, as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around ! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...
Page 95 - By his wide curvature of wing and sudden suspension in the air he knows him to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around. At this moment the...