American Ornithology, Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates, Engraved and Coloured from Original Drawings Taken from Nature, Volume 2Collins, 1828 - Birds "The second full edition of Wilson's work, with plates in their most desirable form. This is the most important work on American ornithology before Audubon."--William Reece Company. |
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... usually prefers the large - timbered cypress swamps for breeding in . In the trunk of one of these trees , at a considerable height , the male and female alternately , and in conjunction , dig out a large and capacious cavity for their ...
... usually prefers the large - timbered cypress swamps for breeding in . In the trunk of one of these trees , at a considerable height , the male and female alternately , and in conjunction , dig out a large and capacious cavity for their ...
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... usually found in his stomach , is wood - lice , and the young and larvæ of ants , of which he is so immoderately fond , that I have frequently found his stomach distended with a mass of these , and these only , as large nearly as a plum ...
... usually found in his stomach , is wood - lice , and the young and larvæ of ants , of which he is so immoderately fond , that I have frequently found his stomach distended with a mass of these , and these only , as large nearly as a plum ...
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... usually feasts by the first peep of dawn , and spends the early , and sweetest hours of morning , on the highest peaks of the tallest trees , calling on his mate or com- panions ; or pursuing and gamboling with them round the larger ...
... usually feasts by the first peep of dawn , and spends the early , and sweetest hours of morning , on the highest peaks of the tallest trees , calling on his mate or com- panions ; or pursuing and gamboling with them round the larger ...
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... usually known in Pennsylvania . These names have pro- bably originated from a fancied resemblance of its notes to the sound of the words ; for one of its most common cries consists of two notes or syllables , frequently repeated , which ...
... usually known in Pennsylvania . These names have pro- bably originated from a fancied resemblance of its notes to the sound of the words ; for one of its most common cries consists of two notes or syllables , frequently repeated , which ...
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... usually leads the van . Of all our Woodpeckers , none rid the apple - trees of so many vermin as this , digging off the moss , which the negligence of the proprietor had suffered to accumulate , and probing every crevice . In fact , the ...
... usually leads the van . Of all our Woodpeckers , none rid the apple - trees of so many vermin as this , digging off the moss , which the negligence of the proprietor had suffered to accumulate , and probing every crevice . In fact , the ...
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appearance April Arct Bank Swallow BARTRAM belly and vent bill black Blue-bird bluish breast breed BRISS brown brownish BUFF bush cage chin Chuck-will's-widow claws dark deep dusky edged eggs exterior feathers feeding female five inches flesh colour Flycatcher forked frequently genus GMEL grass half hazel inhabits insects la Caroline larvæ LATH legs and feet LINN male mandible marked Marsh Wren middle nearly neck nest nostril notes numbers numerous observed pale particular PEALE'S Museum Pennsylvania Plate plumage pure white Purple Martin Red-headed Woodpecker Red-winged Starling reddish resemblance round rump scarcely season seen sides sometimes song Sparrow species spring streaked summer Swallows Syst throat Thrush tipt with white Titmouse tree tribe vent white Warbler Whip-poor-will whole lower William Bartram wing coverts wings and tail winter Winter Wren Wood Thrush Woodpecker woods Wren yellowish young birds Zool
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Page 4 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Page 102 - The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark When neither is attended, and I think The nightingale, if she should sing by day, When every goose is cackling, would be thought No better a musician than the wren.
Page 21 - See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose: And just as short of reason he must fall, Who thinks all made for one, not one for all.
Page 98 - ... the savage scream of the bald eagle. In measure and accent he faithfully follows his originals ; in force and sweetness of expression he greatly improves upon them.
Page 30 - We are told, in the benevolent language of the scriptures, not to muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn...
Page 79 - Sips with inserted tube, the honeyed blooms, And chirps his gratitude as round he roams; While richest roses, though in crimson drest, Shrink from the splendour of his gorgeous breast; What heav'nly tints in mingling radiance fly! Each rapid movement gives a different dye; Like scales of bumish'd gold they dazzling show, Now sink to shade — now like a furnace glow...
Page 99 - 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; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master.
Page 100 - ... which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens ; amidst the simple melody of the...
Page 99 - 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 calls of their mates,...
Page 99 - ... injured brood. The barking of the dog, the mewing of the cat, the creaking of a passing wheelbarrow, follow with great truth and rapidity. He repeats the tune taught him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the...