A History of British Birds, Volume 1Edw. Walker, 1826 |
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Pagina xxxix
Thomas Bewick. Foot of the Cormorant . Shewing all the four toes connected by webs . SEMI - PALMATED , [ semi - palmatus , Linn . ] when the middle of the webs reach only about half the length of the toes . CILIATED , [ lingua ciliata ...
Thomas Bewick. Foot of the Cormorant . Shewing all the four toes connected by webs . SEMI - PALMATED , [ semi - palmatus , Linn . ] when the middle of the webs reach only about half the length of the toes . CILIATED , [ lingua ciliata ...
Pagina 14
... webs with alternate bars of brown and white : legs very short and thick , being only two inches and a quarter long , and two inches in circumference ; they are of a pale blue ; claws black outer toe larger than the inner one , and turns ...
... webs with alternate bars of brown and white : legs very short and thick , being only two inches and a quarter long , and two inches in circumference ; they are of a pale blue ; claws black outer toe larger than the inner one , and turns ...
Pagina 19
... webs with oval spots , of a rust colour ; the tail is spotted in the same manner : legs short and strong , and of a bluish colour . The Lanner is not common in England ; it breeds in Ireland , and is found in various parts of Europe ...
... webs with oval spots , of a rust colour ; the tail is spotted in the same manner : legs short and strong , and of a bluish colour . The Lanner is not common in England ; it breeds in Ireland , and is found in various parts of Europe ...
Pagina 31
... webs barred with black ; lower part of the inner webs marked with white ; tail long , and marked with alternate bars of black and ash , and tipped with white : legs yellow , claws black : the wings extend exactly to the tip of the tail ...
... webs barred with black ; lower part of the inner webs marked with white ; tail long , and marked with alternate bars of black and ash , and tipped with white : legs yellow , claws black : the wings extend exactly to the tip of the tail ...
Pagina 34
... feathers of the tail are grey , the next three are marked on their inner webs with dusky bars , the two outermost marked with alternate bars. THE HEN - HARRIER . THE ASH COLOURED FALCON . STONEGALL , STANNEL HAWK ,. 34 BRITISH BIRDS .
... feathers of the tail are grey , the next three are marked on their inner webs with dusky bars , the two outermost marked with alternate bars. THE HEN - HARRIER . THE ASH COLOURED FALCON . STONEGALL , STANNEL HAWK ,. 34 BRITISH BIRDS .
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ash grey bars bill is black birds of prey blue bluish breast and belly breed BRITISH BIRDS Buff Buffon cere chesnut chiefly claws black Cuckoo dark brown dull white dusky brown Eagle eyes hazel Falco feathers feeds feet female lays Fieldfare five eggs five inches flocks fore frequently genus greater coverts green ground head and neck hinder insects irides kind Lark Latham lays five lays four light likewise Linn.-Le male mandible marked middle feathers Motacilla moult MOUNTAIN FINCH nearly nest numbers observed olive outer pale brown pale edges pale yellow places Plover plumage PRATINCOLE prey quadrupeds quill feathers quills dusky Red Grouse reddish brown rump rust colour rusty scapulars seen short shot sides sometimes song species specimen spotted with brown streak Swallow tail feathers Temminck thighs throat Thrush tinged tipped with white Titmouse toes trees vent white spot White-tailed Eagle whitish wing coverts winter yellowish
Populaire passages
Pagina 296 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting. martlet, does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate.
Pagina 93 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pagina 234 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak. 60 Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy...
Pagina xxv - tis nought But restless hurry through the busy air, Beat by unnumber'd wings. The swallow sweeps The slimy pool, to build his hanging house Intent. And often, from the careless back Of herds and flocks, a thousand tugging bills Pluck hair and wool...
Pagina xxv - Of hazel, pendent o'er the plaintive stream, They frame the first foundation of their domes; Dry sprigs of trees, in artful fabric laid, And bound with clay together. Now 'tis nought But restless hurry through the busy air, Beat by unnumber'd wings.
Pagina 239 - 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.
Pagina xxv - Nestling repair, and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring...
Pagina xxiv - Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat, When the frost rages and the tempests beat ? Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, When Spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The God of Nature is your secret guide!
Pagina 216 - Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high, And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty; Who doth the world so gloriously behold, That cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold.
Pagina 117 - Pour'd out profusely, silent : join'd to these Innumerous songsters, in the freshening shade Of new-sprung leaves, their modulations mix Mellifluous. The jay, the rook, the daw, And each harsh pipe, discordant heard alone, Aid the full concert ; while the stockdove breathes A melancholy murmur through the whole.