Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy, of the Animal Creation, Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus, Volume 2R. Phillips, 1803 - Animal behavior |
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... hatched . The outsides of the nests bear in general so great a resemblance in co- lour to the surrounding foliage or branches as not easily to be discovered even by those who are in search of them . This act of nidification is one of ...
... hatched . The outsides of the nests bear in general so great a resemblance in co- lour to the surrounding foliage or branches as not easily to be discovered even by those who are in search of them . This act of nidification is one of ...
Page 291
... hatched ; and a thousand other stories , too ridi- culous even to mention . The whole race , as far as we are at present ac- quainted with it , are notiges of New Guinea , from whence they migrate into the neighbouring isles . They are ...
... hatched ; and a thousand other stories , too ridi- culous even to mention . The whole race , as far as we are at present ac- quainted with it , are notiges of New Guinea , from whence they migrate into the neighbouring isles . They are ...
Page 294
... hatched . The nest she chuses for this purpose is generally selected from the following ; namely , those of the Hedge - spar- row , Water - wagtail , Titlark , Yellow - hammer , Green Linnet , or the Whinchat . Of these it has been ob ...
... hatched . The nest she chuses for this purpose is generally selected from the following ; namely , those of the Hedge - spar- row , Water - wagtail , Titlark , Yellow - hammer , Green Linnet , or the Whinchat . Of these it has been ob ...
Page 295
... hatched ; and , what is very remarkable , it has never been observed that the Hedge - sparrow has either thrown out or injured the egg of the Cuckoo . When the Hedge - sparrow has sat her usual time , and has disengaged the young Cuckoo ...
... hatched ; and , what is very remarkable , it has never been observed that the Hedge - sparrow has either thrown out or injured the egg of the Cuckoo . When the Hedge - sparrow has sat her usual time , and has disengaged the young Cuckoo ...
Page 296
... hatched , in the act of turning out the young Hedge sparrow . The mode of accomplishing this was curious : the little animal , with the assistance of its rump and wings , contrived to get the bird upon its back , and , making a lodgment ...
... hatched , in the act of turning out the young Hedge sparrow . The mode of accomplishing this was curious : the little animal , with the assistance of its rump and wings , contrived to get the bird upon its back , and , making a lodgment ...
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America American Bison animals appear ash-colour attack beak belly bill Birds Birds of prey body breast breed Brit brown Buff Buffon Camel cere claws colour common Consett covered Cuckoo distance Dotterel dusky Eagle eggs eyes feathers feed feet female fish flesh flight flocks four frequently GENUS Goose ground hair hatched Hen Harrier herd Hippopotamus hole horns Horses inches long inhabitants insects island killed Lapland Latham legs length Linnæus male mandible manner native nest never noise nostrils observed Ostrich Parrot Pelecan Penn Pigeon plumage prey Quad quadrupeds Rabbets rendered Sand Martin says seems seen seize seldom short side singular sitting skin slender sometimes soon Sparrow species spermaceti spot supposed Swallows tail taken throat TITMOUSE toes tongue Toucan trees TRIBE Turkey upper whole wild wings winter young Zool
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Page 104 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength; He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Page 265 - ... the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was in the month of February, when those birds usually sit. The saw was applied to the butt, the wedges were inserted into the opening, the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet, the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on. At last, when it gave way, the bird was flung from her nest; and, though her parental affection deserved a better fate, was whipped down by the twigs, which brought her dead to the...
Page 128 - Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
Page 164 - 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.
Page 389 - ... bird not only clings with its claws, but partly supports itself by strongly inclining its tail against the wall, making that a fulcrum; and, thus steadied, it works and plasters the materials into the face of the brick or stone. But then, that this work may not, while it is soft and green, pull itself down by its own weight, the provident architect has prudence and forbearance enough not to advance her work too fast; but by building only in the morning, and by dedicating the rest of the day to...
Page 104 - He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 313 - ... bill ; but as this artist has no paws to hold the nut firm while he pierces it, like an adroit workman, he fixes it as it were in a vice, in some cleft of a tree, or in some crevice, when, standing over it, he perforates the stubborn shell.
Page 103 - I am going to yield thee up ? To Europeans, who will tie thee close, — who will beat thee, — who will render thee miserable. Return with me, my beauty, my jewel, and rejoice the hearts of my children.
Page 295 - I have never seen an instance where the hedge-sparrow has either thrown out or injured the egg of the cuckoo. ' When the hedge-sparrow has sat her usual time, and disengaged the young cuckoo and some of her own offspring from the shell, her own young ones, and any of her eggs that remain unhatched, are soon turned out, the young cuckoo remaining possessor of the nest, and sole object of her future care.
Page 470 - The stork-assembly meets; for many a day, Consulting deep, and various, ere they take Their arduous voyage through the liquid sky. And now their route...