American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States, כרך 1Constable and Company, 1831 |
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עמוד lxxxviii
... wings of ecstasy , to execute his delightful commis- sion . The similarity of this little boy's enthusiasm to my own , struck me ; and the reader will need no explanations of mine to make the application . Should my country receive with ...
... wings of ecstasy , to execute his delightful commis- sion . The similarity of this little boy's enthusiasm to my own , struck me ; and the reader will need no explanations of mine to make the application . Should my country receive with ...
עמוד xci
... wings of the gloomy condor , of sixteen feet , who sometimes visits our northern regions ; a numerous and powerful band of song- sters , that , for sweetness , variety , and melody , are surpassed by no country on earth ; an ever ...
... wings of the gloomy condor , of sixteen feet , who sometimes visits our northern regions ; a numerous and powerful band of song- sters , that , for sweetness , variety , and melody , are surpassed by no country on earth ; an ever ...
עמוד 4
... wings to the rising sun , and remain- ing in that posture for a considerable time . Pennant conjectures , that this is " to purify their bodies , which are most offensively fetid . " But is it reasonable to suppose , that that effluvia ...
... wings to the rising sun , and remain- ing in that posture for a considerable time . Pennant conjectures , that this is " to purify their bodies , which are most offensively fetid . " But is it reasonable to suppose , that that effluvia ...
עמוד 5
... wings are not spread horizontally , but form a slight angle with the body upwards , the tips having an up- ward curve . Their sense of smelling is astonishingly exquisite , and they never fail to discover carrion , even when at the ...
... wings are not spread horizontally , but form a slight angle with the body upwards , the tips having an up- ward curve . Their sense of smelling is astonishingly exquisite , and they never fail to discover carrion , even when at the ...
עמוד 9
... wings and tail light ash ; the wings reach to the end of the tail ; the whole body and neck beneath the plumage are thickly clothed with a white down , which feels like cotton ; the shafts of the primaries are yellowish white above ...
... wings and tail light ash ; the wings reach to the end of the tail ; the whole body and neck beneath the plumage are thickly clothed with a white down , which feels like cotton ; the shafts of the primaries are yellowish white above ...
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ALEXANDER WILSON America appearance bald eagle Baltimore Baltimore oriole barn owl barred Bartram belly bill bird black vulture blue breast brownish carrion carrion crow cere claws corn covered crow dark brown deep dusky EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM eggs FALCO falconry feathers feet female fish fish-hawk frequently friends genus habits hairy woodpecker half hawk horn colour horned owl inches in extent inches long inhabits inner vanes insects larvæ legs length light male mandible manner marked miles mottled owl naturalists nature nearly neck nest never nostrils observed orchard orchard oriole oriole Ornithology pale brown particularly Pennsylvania PLATE plumage prey procure pure white red-headed woodpecker reddish remarkable river round scapulars season seen side sometimes species specimens spotted with white streaked tail tipt tree tribe turkey buzzard upper usually vent vulture whitish WILSON wings winter woodpecker woods yellow yellowish young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 206 - The length of the peacock, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail', is about three feet eight inches.
עמוד xc - ... coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful cranes intent and wading ; clamorous crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. High over all these, hovers one whose action instantly arrests his whole attention.
עמוד xc - 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...
עמוד 20 - Bends to our northern climes his bright career, And from the caves of ocean calls from sleep The finny shoals and myriads of the deep ; When freezing tempests back to Greenland ride, And day and night the equal hours divide ; True to the season, o'er our sea-beat shore, The sailing osprey high is seen to soar, With broad unmoving wing ; and circling slow, Marks each loose straggler in the deep below ; Sweeps down like lightning ! plunges with a roar ! And bears his struggling victim to the shore.
עמוד xxiii - ... in the most extreme agonies of fear. I had intended to kill it, in order to fix it in the claws of a stuffed owl, but happening to spill a few drops of water near where it was tied, it lapped it up with such eagerness and looked in my face with such an eye of supplicating terror, as perfectly overcame me.
עמוד 204 - Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow of the silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings, Vex'd and tormented runs poor Barabas With fatal curses towards these Christians.
עמוד 71 - He has other nocturnal solos, no less melodious, one of which very strikingly resembles the half suppressed screams of a person suffocating, or throttled, and cannot fail of being exceedingly entertaining to a lonely benighted traveller, in the midst of an Indian wilderness...
עמוד 202 - My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, Washed with milk, and fitly set.
עמוד 105 - I intended to put up, the landlord came forward, and a number of other persons who happened to be there, all equally alarmed at what they heard; this was greatly increased by my asking whether he could furnish me with accommodations for myself and my baby. The man looked blank, and foolish, while the others stared with still greater astonishment. After diverting myself for a minute or two at their expense, I drew my Woodpecker from under the cover, and a general laugh took place.
עמוד 150 - ... heavy, and the other too firmly tied, he will tug at them a considerable time before he gives up the attempt Skeins of silk, and hanks of thread, have been often found, after the leaves were fallen, hanging round the Baltimore's nest; but so woven up, and entangled, as to be entirely irreclaimable. Before the introduction of Europeans, no such...