Birds and bird-life, by F.T. Buckland and other naturalists |
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... the mulberry tree ; for some with the board . In their case , it was. friends who lived a mile and a half off , on noticing a pair of them about the garden , soon found them appreciate the arrangement. 32 BIRDS AND BIRD - LIFE .
... the mulberry tree ; for some with the board . In their case , it was. friends who lived a mile and a half off , on noticing a pair of them about the garden , soon found them appreciate the arrangement. 32 BIRDS AND BIRD - LIFE .
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... garden , on the banks of this lovely river , I found a spring of the clearest water , that echoes through my grotto day and night . From the river you see through my arch , up a walk of the wilderness , to a kind of open temple , wholly ...
... garden , on the banks of this lovely river , I found a spring of the clearest water , that echoes through my grotto day and night . From the river you see through my arch , up a walk of the wilderness , to a kind of open temple , wholly ...
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... garden , shadowed by trees and roughly paved with pebbles and shells ; as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple , in the natural taste , agreeing not ill with the little murmur of the constant dropping water , and ...
... garden , shadowed by trees and roughly paved with pebbles and shells ; as is also the adjoining walk up the wilderness to the temple , in the natural taste , agreeing not ill with the little murmur of the constant dropping water , and ...
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... garden to the nest , and popping flies , grubs , and insects into the half - dozen hungry mouths . There is no satisfying them . Their meal is day long . They take in at one mouthful as much in proportion as a man consumes during the ...
... garden to the nest , and popping flies , grubs , and insects into the half - dozen hungry mouths . There is no satisfying them . Their meal is day long . They take in at one mouthful as much in proportion as a man consumes during the ...
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... pair of which , owing to the desperate combats between the males , he was obliged to give away . The other pair , ordinarily kept in a small aviary , were let loose into a slip of a garden as 86 BIRDS AND BIRD - LIFE .
... pair of which , owing to the desperate combats between the males , he was obliged to give away . The other pair , ordinarily kept in a small aviary , were let loose into a slip of a garden as 86 BIRDS AND BIRD - LIFE .
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
animals appearance autumn aviary beak beautiful Bewick's swan bill black grouse breed brood cage called canary capercaillie chaffinch colour creatures crested grebe cuckoo dabchick delight dodo ducks eggs favourite feathers feed feet female flight flocks garden grey ground habits hatched hawk head heard herons hippopotamus humming bird ibis insects lark Leadenhall Market leaves linnet living London look magpie moorlands morning musical mute swan natural naturalist neck nest never night nightingale nuthatch observed once ornithologists ostrich pair parrots perch pigeons plumage pretty ptarmigan quail raven red grouse redbreast remarkable robin rookery rooks season seen shot side sing skylark small birds song soon sparrows species specimen spot spring starlings summer swallow swan tail tenants thou trees turkey twigs uttered voice watch wild window wings winter woods young birds
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 70 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Seite 144 - Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Seite 202 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Seite 142 - But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth.
Seite 26 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen, O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Seite 22 - Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound ? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with thy nest upon the dewy ground? Thy nest which thou canst drop into at will, Those quivering wings composed, that music still!
Seite 232 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Seite 19 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Seite 25 - Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from Heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
Seite 29 - I will bless the Lord at all times : His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 0 magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.