Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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Página 39
... coloured glass , and in the ceiling is a star of the same material , at which , when a lamp is hung in the centre , a thousand pointed rays glitter and are reflected all over the place . There are connected with this grotto , by ...
... coloured glass , and in the ceiling is a star of the same material , at which , when a lamp is hung in the centre , a thousand pointed rays glitter and are reflected all over the place . There are connected with this grotto , by ...
Página 45
... colours are in a great degree reversed , the base , as far as the eyes , being of a bright yellow , and the point as far as the nostrils ( but . not including the nostrils ) , and sides black ; so that two - thirds are yellow . This ...
... colours are in a great degree reversed , the base , as far as the eyes , being of a bright yellow , and the point as far as the nostrils ( but . not including the nostrils ) , and sides black ; so that two - thirds are yellow . This ...
Página 49
... colour ; in size it equals the hooper . We shall conclude our sketch of the swans with one which nulli- fies the proverb of the classical writers of antiquity , who talked of the black swan as a bird out of the range of possibility ...
... colour ; in size it equals the hooper . We shall conclude our sketch of the swans with one which nulli- fies the proverb of the classical writers of antiquity , who talked of the black swan as a bird out of the range of possibility ...
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... colour . The generic characters are as follows : -Bill equally wide throughout its whole length , elevated at the base , and depressed towards the tip , where a nail - like projection bends down over the tip of the lower mandible ; the ...
... colour . The generic characters are as follows : -Bill equally wide throughout its whole length , elevated at the base , and depressed towards the tip , where a nail - like projection bends down over the tip of the lower mandible ; the ...
Página 76
... colour , with light brown spots ; so fragile looking , too , that they seemed too delicate to be touched . But no profaning finger of marauding boy was ever allowed to poke itself into my pie , though doubtless many would have liked to ...
... colour , with light brown spots ; so fragile looking , too , that they seemed too delicate to be touched . But no profaning finger of marauding boy was ever allowed to poke itself into my pie , though doubtless many would have liked to ...
Términos y frases comunes
animals appearance beautiful become begin bill birds branches breed brought building cage called close colour comes common continued covered creatures cuckoo ducks eggs feathers feed feet fields five flight flocks frequently garden give ground grouse habits hand head heard hour interesting Italy keep known land leaves less living London look lower manner means morning musical natural nest never night notes notice observed once pair parrots passing perhaps plumage poor present pretty remain remarkable rise robin rooks season seems seen short side sing sometimes song soon species spring starlings summer swallow swan taken trees turkey turn voice walk watch whole wild window wings winter woods young
Pasajes populares
Página 72 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Página 146 - 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.
Página 204 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Página 144 - 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.
Página 26 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Página 22 - Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Página 234 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 19 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Página 25 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Página 29 - I will bless the Lord at all times : His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 0 magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.