A familiar history of birds |
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... heights at which a human being would be gasping for breath . Travellers who have ascended very high mountains find , that when they get near the summits , the air becomes so rarefied and thin , that it is as 34 THE BONES .
... heights at which a human being would be gasping for breath . Travellers who have ascended very high mountains find , that when they get near the summits , the air becomes so rarefied and thin , that it is as 34 THE BONES .
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... height of 15,600 feet ; whereas others better pro- vided with air - cells appear to feel no such inconvenience . Mont Blanc , the most elevated mountain in Europe , is not quite three miles high ; and yet on the top breathing is ex ...
... height of 15,600 feet ; whereas others better pro- vided with air - cells appear to feel no such inconvenience . Mont Blanc , the most elevated mountain in Europe , is not quite three miles high ; and yet on the top breathing is ex ...
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... height . This velocity is so prodigious , that the force with which it strikes the surface of the water is sufficient to stun a bird not prepared for such a blow , or to force the water up the nostrils . But the Gannet has nothing to ...
... height . This velocity is so prodigious , that the force with which it strikes the surface of the water is sufficient to stun a bird not prepared for such a blow , or to force the water up the nostrils . But the Gannet has nothing to ...
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... height , by a peculiarly melancholy and distressing scream , exactly resembling that of a young child suffering from agonising pain . We have listened by the hour together to the repeated and successive wailings of these wild ...
... height , by a peculiarly melancholy and distressing scream , exactly resembling that of a young child suffering from agonising pain . We have listened by the hour together to the repeated and successive wailings of these wild ...
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... a certain spot to the top of a tree ; we may proceed in the same manner : for the height of the tower or tree will , in most cases , be too inconsiderable to make any material alteration in the result , though RAPIDITY OF FLIGHT . 71.
... a certain spot to the top of a tree ; we may proceed in the same manner : for the height of the tower or tree will , in most cases , be too inconsiderable to make any material alteration in the result , though RAPIDITY OF FLIGHT . 71.
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Términos y frases comunes
Albatross amongst animals appearance approach attack beak bill birds of prey body breed brood cage called catch caught claws close colour confined Cormorant Crow Cuckoo dart distance Ducks Eagle eggs Falcon favourite feathers feed feet fish flew flight flocks frequently Gannet genus Goose ground Gull habits hatched Hawk head Heron hole hour insects instance island Jacana Jackdaw killed known legs length live mandible miles mode naturalists nearly nest never night observed occasionally Ostrich Owls pair particular Passerine peculiar perch Pheasant Pigeons plumage prey Raven reared remain resembling rocks Rooks scarcely Scotland season seemed seen seize short Shrike singular Sir Edward Parry small birds soon sort South Stack Sparrow species spot supposed Swallows Table taken Thrush Titmouse trees tribe usually Vulture watch wild wings Woodcocks yards young birds
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Página 405 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Página 411 - Come on, sir; here's the place: stand still. How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head...
Página 288 - 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.
Página 412 - 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...
Página 289 - And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails; he that gathered least, gathered ten homers; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
Página 181 - Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry: the difficulty whetted their inclinations, and each was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task. But when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled.
Página 309 - 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.
Página 347 - Muskles are -. the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude masse or lumpe, which in time commeth to the shape and form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the...
Página 348 - Lancashire call by no other name than a tree-goose, which place aforesaid, and all those parts adjoining, do so much abound therewith, that one of the best is bought for three pence. For the truth hereof, if any doubt, may it please them to repair unto me, and I shall satisfie them by the testimonie of good witnesses.
Página 347 - There is a small island in Lancashire, called the Pile of Foulders, wherein are found the broken pieces of old and bruised ships, some whereof have been cast thither by...