Rural Sports, 3. kötetLongman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1812 |
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4. oldal
... young Birds may be produced at one Covey , yet the parent Bird has never been en- cumbered by the load of more than one full - grown Egg at one time . Their feathers , particularly those of their Wings , are found to contain a great ...
... young Birds may be produced at one Covey , yet the parent Bird has never been en- cumbered by the load of more than one full - grown Egg at one time . Their feathers , particularly those of their Wings , are found to contain a great ...
18. oldal
... Young has escaped no Observer , no Historian of Nature . " How well they caress them , ( says DERHAM , ) with their affectionate notes ; put food into their mouths ; teach them to eat and gather meat for themselves ; and , in a word ...
... Young has escaped no Observer , no Historian of Nature . " How well they caress them , ( says DERHAM , ) with their affectionate notes ; put food into their mouths ; teach them to eat and gather meat for themselves ; and , in a word ...
19. oldal
... young Animal draws its nutriment from the Body of the Dam . The male parent neither does , nor can contribute any part to its sustentation . In the feathered Race , the young Bird is supplied by an Importation of Food , to procure and ...
... young Animal draws its nutriment from the Body of the Dam . The male parent neither does , nor can contribute any part to its sustentation . In the feathered Race , the young Bird is supplied by an Importation of Food , to procure and ...
27. oldal
... Young , until they can leave the Nest . A further use of it has been observed at Morocco , where they fly the Hawk at the Bustard ; on the attack of the Hawk , it has been known that the Bustard has spirted out the Water against the ...
... Young , until they can leave the Nest . A further use of it has been observed at Morocco , where they fly the Hawk at the Bustard ; on the attack of the Hawk , it has been known that the Bustard has spirted out the Water against the ...
36. oldal
... young to their food , she is utterly ignorant where it is to be found , and the young birds starve if left solely to her Protection . The Pheasant , therefore , on every account , is better left at large in the Coverts : its Fecundity ...
... young to their food , she is utterly ignorant where it is to be found , and the young birds starve if left solely to her Protection . The Pheasant , therefore , on every account , is better left at large in the Coverts : its Fecundity ...
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Animal appear ash-colour Barrel belly bill Birds Bittern breast breed Brimstone Brood brown Bustard Cannon Charge Cock colour common Country covered Covey Cross-bow Decoys distance Dotterel Ducks dusky Eggs eight England feathers feed feet Female Fens Fieldfares fire Flesh flight flocks four frequently Game Gamekeeper Geese Greek Fire grey ground Grous Gunpowder half Hares hatched head hundred inches Jack Snipe JOSEPH MANTON killed kind Lapwing legs length Lord Male Manor marked moulting Musquet neck Nest never Night ounces pale Partridges person Pheasant piece Pigeons Plumage Poachers Pointer pounds Powder Ptarmigan Quadrupeds Quails quantity quills Rifles Rooks Ruffs Saltpetre says Season seen Setter shew shillings Shooter shooting shot side Snipes soon Spaniels Species Sportsman spot Spring Swan tail taken tion Trees tridges twelve Water Wild Fowl Wings Winter Wood Woodcock young
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5. oldal - tis God directs, in that 'tis man. Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to chuse their food? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand ? Who made the spider parallels design, Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line?
12. oldal - ... of human creatures, as imitating the language of different animals. Thus, for instance, the affinity between chatterers and monkeys, and praters and parrots, is too obvious not to occur at once : grunters and growlers may be justly compared to hogs : snarlers are curs...
2. oldal - ... gestures as to appear like a wounded and dying bird; the kingfisher darts along like an arrow; fern-owls or goat-suckers, glance in the dusk over the tops of trees like a meteor; starlings as it were swim along, while misselthrushes use a wild and desultory flight; swallows sweep over the surface of the ground and water, and distinguish themselves by rapid turns and quick evolutions; swifts dash round in circles; and the bank-martin moves with frequent vacillations like a butterfly. Most of the...
120. oldal - ... commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...
393. oldal - In the centre of this grove there stood an oak, which, though shapely and tall on the whole, bulged out into a large excrescence about the middle of the stem. On this a pair of ravens had fixed their residence for such a series of years, that the oak was distinguished by the title of the Raven Tree.
17. oldal - 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...
12. oldal - However this may be, we may consider those whose tongues hardly seem to be under the influence of reason, and do not keep up the proper conversation of human creatures, as imitating the language of different animals. Thus, for instance, the affinity between Chatterers and Monkeys, and Praters...
394. oldal - 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 ground.
18. oldal - To view the structure of this little work, 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 finish'd ! What nice hand, With ev'ry implement and means of art, And twenty years apprenticeship to boot, Could make me such another?
6. oldal - One in their nature, which are two in ours; And Reason raise o'er Instinct as you can, In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man.