An Introduction to the Study of Birds: Or, the Elements of Ornithology, on Scientific Principles with a Particular Notice of the Birds Mentioned in Scripture |
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... edges to the air , but yielding to every breath ; the quill - feathers are inelastic , and the outer edge of the first , instead of being plain as in most other birds , is fringed with a finely pectinated or comblike line of short ...
... edges to the air , but yielding to every breath ; the quill - feathers are inelastic , and the outer edge of the first , instead of being plain as in most other birds , is fringed with a finely pectinated or comblike line of short ...
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... edges with a row of minute processes called barbules . The origin of every feather is in a glandular pellicle of the skin , whence proceeds a vascular pulp or tissue , which presently be- comes invested with several " layers of ...
... edges with a row of minute processes called barbules . The origin of every feather is in a glandular pellicle of the skin , whence proceeds a vascular pulp or tissue , which presently be- comes invested with several " layers of ...
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... edge of a precipice , or traverses the pass of a narrow ledge , and then , sudden and impetuous as the avalanche of its native regions , down it rushes , hurling the helpless animal into the abyss below ; when , proudly wheeling round ...
... edge of a precipice , or traverses the pass of a narrow ledge , and then , sudden and impetuous as the avalanche of its native regions , down it rushes , hurling the helpless animal into the abyss below ; when , proudly wheeling round ...
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... edge of a wood at no distance from it , and is composed of such a mass of sticks , seaweed , grass , and other materials , as to measure often four feet across . " The parent birds exhibit no less attach- ment to each other than to ...
... edge of a wood at no distance from it , and is composed of such a mass of sticks , seaweed , grass , and other materials , as to measure often four feet across . " The parent birds exhibit no less attach- ment to each other than to ...
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... edge of a lighter tint . The feathers of the head and neck are long and pointed , of a dull grayish white , with longitudinal streaks of dusky brown ; the un- der surface is rust colour , inclining to yellowish , with longitudinal dusky ...
... edge of a lighter tint . The feathers of the head and neck are long and pointed , of a dull grayish white , with longitudinal streaks of dusky brown ; the un- der surface is rust colour , inclining to yellowish , with longitudinal dusky ...
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Page 388 - And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
Page 121 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 335 - Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Page 333 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth.
Page 275 - O Cuckoo ! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice ? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring ! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery...
Page 275 - To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green ; And thou wert still a hope, a love ; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet ; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.
Page 544 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart, Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone Will lead my steps aright.
Page 544 - Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 2 - Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
Page 2 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats ; then, brisk, alights On the warm hearth ; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is ; Till more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.