Birds, Part 294Religious Tract Society, 1842 - 159 pages |
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... observed bringing long pieces of straw to some hole in an old wall , and there they work in the windows of some lofty buildings . Some may be seen eagerly seizing on small tufts of moss , and others bearing away some fragments of wool ...
... observed bringing long pieces of straw to some hole in an old wall , and there they work in the windows of some lofty buildings . Some may be seen eagerly seizing on small tufts of moss , and others bearing away some fragments of wool ...
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... observed in South Africa , as a bare concavity scratched in the sand . It was six feet in diameter , sur- rounded by a shallow trench , and without the smallest trace of any materials , such as grass , leaves , or sticks , to give it a ...
... observed in South Africa , as a bare concavity scratched in the sand . It was six feet in diameter , sur- rounded by a shallow trench , and without the smallest trace of any materials , such as grass , leaves , or sticks , to give it a ...
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... observation . It had formed a hollow space in the thatch , on the inside of my cow - shed , in which it had placed its nest by the side of a rafter , and finished it with its usual neatness ; but , lest the orifice of its cell should ...
... observation . It had formed a hollow space in the thatch , on the inside of my cow - shed , in which it had placed its nest by the side of a rafter , and finished it with its usual neatness ; but , lest the orifice of its cell should ...
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... observed through the loosely - blended materials . The reason is , they are exposed to no peculiar danger , and the warmth needed in other cases is obviously not required in theirs . Variety is , however , continually apparent . Thus ...
... observed through the loosely - blended materials . The reason is , they are exposed to no peculiar danger , and the warmth needed in other cases is obviously not required in theirs . Variety is , however , continually apparent . Thus ...
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... observed , several hundreds of these pendant nests appearing on a single tree . This is chosen from its hanging over the bank of a river or precipice . THE BOTTLE - NESTED SPARROW . Another bird remarkable for. The Weaver - bird and Nest ...
... observed , several hundreds of these pendant nests appearing on a single tree . This is chosen from its hanging over the bank of a river or precipice . THE BOTTLE - NESTED SPARROW . Another bird remarkable for. The Weaver - bird and Nest ...
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abode admiration appears beak beautiful BEE-EATER blackcap blood-vessels branches Brentius brood burrowing BURROWING OWL called chaffinch CHANGES DURING INCUBATION chick circumstances colour concealed covered crake creatures defence diameter downy Duke of Würtemberg dwelling eagle EGG-ORGAN eggs embryo entrance escape fact feathered tribes feet female fibres FISH-HAWK flight glottis GOLDEN-CRESTED Goosander grass grove hatched hawk heard hollow HUMMING-BIRD inches instance instinct lark larynx máamal male mate materials melody membrane moss mould neck nest nightingale notes observed opening ORGANS OF VOICE pair of muscles parrots peculiar plumage prey produced providence quia quill remarkable round SATIN BOWER-BIRD season shell singing snowy owl soft sometimes SONG BIRDS song thrush songsters sparrow species spot STRUCTURE OF ORGANS surface swallow thick titmouse tones trachea tree tube TURTLE DOVE twigs tzatu varies variety warblers wings wood WOOD WARBLER wren yolk yolk-bag young
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Page 2 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 27 - The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Page 16 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Page 16 - ... 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...
Page 19 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Page 22 - But the Nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweet loud music out of her little instrumental throat, that it might make mankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, when the very labourer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, the clear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doubling and redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say, Lord, what music hast thou provided for the Saints in Heaven, when thou...
Page 14 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 24 - Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes, when listening Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes, in thought Elate, to make her night excel their day. The blackbird...
Page 11 - Within a thick and spreading hawthorn bush That overhung a mole-hill large and round, I heard, from morn to morn, a merry Thrush Sing hymns to sunrise...