... coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface; silent and watchful cranes intent and wading ; clamorous crows ; and all the winged multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of nature. Our feathered families - الصفحة 33بواسطة Henry Gardiner Adams - 1863عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 718
...particular occasions ; but, when put forth, overwhelming all opposition. Perched upon a high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of...busy avocations below ; the snow-white gulls slowly winging their way ; the busy tringffl coursing along the sands ; flocks of ducks streaming over the... | |
| William Jones (F. S.) - 1871 - عدد الصفحات: 488
...brownish-white. The osprey finds a worthy antagonist in the white-headed eagle. and ocean, the white-headed eagle seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various...snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy sand-pipers coursing along the sands; trains of ducks streaming over the surface; silent and watchful... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - عدد الصفحات: 758
...opposition. Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighboring shore and ocean, he seems calmly to contemplate the...snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy tringce coursing along the sands; trains of ducks streaming over the surface; silent and watchful cranes,... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - عدد الصفحات: 782
...but when put forth, overpowering all opposition. Elevated on tho high dead Hinb of some gigantic treo ing age and whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming day, Whe conCAL NOTICES. .template the motions of the various feathe tribes that pursue their busy avocared... | |
| 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 558
...particular occasions, but, when put forth, overpowering all opposition. Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of...he seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the feathered tribes that pursue their busy avocations below; the snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...scenes is vividly described by Wilson, the American ornithologist: — 'Elevated upon a high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of the neighbouring shore and ocean, the white-headed sea-eagle seems calmly to contemplate the motions of the various feathered tribes... | |
| Alexander Wilson - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 414
...particular occasions, but when put forth, overpowering all opposition. Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of...snow-white Gulls slowly winnowing the air ; the busy Tringie coursing along tho sands ; trains of Ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful... | |
| Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - عدد الصفحات: 860
...particular occasions, but when put forth, overpowering all opposition. Elevated on the high dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of...snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air; the busy tringae coursing along the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful... | |
| sir Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1877 - عدد الصفحات: 198
...particular occasions, but when put forth, overpowering all opposition. Elevated on the high, dead limb of some gigantic tree that commands a wide view of...snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air ; the busy quails coursing o'er the sands ; trains of ducks streaming over the surface ; silent and watchful cranes... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams, Hector Giacomelli - 1878 - عدد الصفحات: 472
...shore and wide expanse of rolling waters, he seems to survey with majestic indifference the movements of the various feathered tribes that pursue their...snow-white gulls slowly winnowing the air ; the busy sand-pipers coursing along the beach ; trains of ducks oaring their way through the dark -green waves... | |
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