The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and Anecdotes of More Than Five Hundred Animals, Comprehending All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Insects, Etc ... |
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... feathers . Their jaws are elongated , and covered ex- ternally with a horny substance , called a bill or beak , which is divided into two parts called mandibles . Their eyes are furnished with a thin , whitish , and somewhat transparent ...
... feathers . Their jaws are elongated , and covered ex- ternally with a horny substance , called a bill or beak , which is divided into two parts called mandibles . Their eyes are furnished with a thin , whitish , and somewhat transparent ...
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... feathers ; and their jaws are horny , without teeth . Their blood is warm , and circulates like that of the mammalia . The six orders of Aves are as follow : - 1. Raptores , or birds of prey . These birds are distinguished by a very ...
... feathers ; and their jaws are horny , without teeth . Their blood is warm , and circulates like that of the mammalia . The six orders of Aves are as follow : - 1. Raptores , or birds of prey . These birds are distinguished by a very ...
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... feathers , and their bodies are either naked , or covered with scales . Some lay eggs , and some bring forth their young alive . Some have gills , and others lungs , but the latter have only a portion of the blood passing through them ...
... feathers , and their bodies are either naked , or covered with scales . Some lay eggs , and some bring forth their young alive . Some have gills , and others lungs , but the latter have only a portion of the blood passing through them ...
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... it rises again , the fur is observed to be perfectly dry , repelling the water as completely as the feathers of a water - fowl . SECTION III . - Cheiropterous Animals . THE BAT . 66 QUADRUPEDS . Sorex Fodiens WATER SHREW Page.
... it rises again , the fur is observed to be perfectly dry , repelling the water as completely as the feathers of a water - fowl . SECTION III . - Cheiropterous Animals . THE BAT . 66 QUADRUPEDS . Sorex Fodiens WATER SHREW Page.
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... this animal consists in its having very short fore legs , and very long hinder ones : a bird divested of its feathers , and wings , and jumping upon its legs , would give us the nearest resemblance. 86 QUADRUPEDS . Gmel.
... this animal consists in its having very short fore legs , and very long hinder ones : a bird divested of its feathers , and wings , and jumping upon its legs , would give us the nearest resemblance. 86 QUADRUPEDS . Gmel.
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Page 362 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Page 260 - Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his dames before...
Page 252 - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
Page 175 - 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.
Page 208 - 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.
Page 280 - Part loosely wing the region; part, more wise, In common, ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight...
Page 52 - For it is supposed that a shrewmouse is of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.
Page 176 - 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; Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, Most musical, most melancholy!
Page xxvii - What if the lion in his rage I meet ! Oft in the dust I view his printed feet : And fearful ! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger...
Page 185 - ... green meadows of England in autumn, for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, and for the palms of Africa : he has always objects of pursuit, and his success is secure. Even the beings selected for his prey are poetical, beautiful, and transient.