The Young Naturalist's Book of Birds: Anecdotes of the Feathered CreationJoseph Rickerby, 1838 - 168 pages |
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Page 49
... built on the mountain- side . On inquiring the use of these singular con- F 52 THE REDBREAST . A DEGREE of sanctity has been THE PIGEON AND THE DOVE . 49 Revolutionary Dove-houses Curious Mode of Catching Wild Pigeons.
... built on the mountain- side . On inquiring the use of these singular con- F 52 THE REDBREAST . A DEGREE of sanctity has been THE PIGEON AND THE DOVE . 49 Revolutionary Dove-houses Curious Mode of Catching Wild Pigeons.
Page 71
... side , and presenting only his large beak at the entrance of the nest , by this means was invulner- able , and made the most resolute who approached repent of their temerity . After a quarter of an hour's combat , all the martins ...
... side , and presenting only his large beak at the entrance of the nest , by this means was invulner- able , and made the most resolute who approached repent of their temerity . After a quarter of an hour's combat , all the martins ...
Page 88
... sides of the mass of exuviæ , and my friend followed . All was perfectly still . Slowly and gradually I brought the light of the lantern to bear on the sides of the hole above us , when we saw the swallows clinging side by side ...
... sides of the mass of exuviæ , and my friend followed . All was perfectly still . Slowly and gradually I brought the light of the lantern to bear on the sides of the hole above us , when we saw the swallows clinging side by side ...
Page 105
... side . On this a strict look - out was kept against such treacher- ous acts of the enemy , and a stop put to more blood- shed ; till at last , about the beginning of the third spring , above twenty storks alighted in the court , and ...
... side . On this a strict look - out was kept against such treacher- ous acts of the enemy , and a stop put to more blood- shed ; till at last , about the beginning of the third spring , above twenty storks alighted in the court , and ...
Page 114
... side like to a mouth , resembling that of a mag- pie , except that it is built with straw and hay , and lined with feathers , and so nicely managed as to be a defence against both wind and rain . So the jackdaw ( corvus monedula ) ...
... side like to a mouth , resembling that of a mag- pie , except that it is built with straw and hay , and lined with feathers , and so nicely managed as to be a defence against both wind and rain . So the jackdaw ( corvus monedula ) ...
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Page 72 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 35 - Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Page 20 - I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent : in the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it : and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar : and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing ; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
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Page 72 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Page 131 - A pair of these little birds had one year inadvertently placed their nest on a naked bough, perhaps in a shady time, not being aware of the inconvenience that followed. But...
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