The birds of the west of Scotland, including the Outer HebridesThomas Murray & son., 1871 |
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Σελίδα 4
... seen an eagle sit on its nest for some minutes after a double shot was fired within one hundred yards in full view of the bird ; but when once they know that the nest is discovered , they are much wilder . As for the stories about ...
... seen an eagle sit on its nest for some minutes after a double shot was fired within one hundred yards in full view of the bird ; but when once they know that the nest is discovered , they are much wilder . As for the stories about ...
Σελίδα 7
... seen pursuing his lofty course over the moors and mountains of Mull and the surrounding islands . A friend , a few years ago , killed one out of a party of seven - a number which would have been thought deeply significant in the days ...
... seen pursuing his lofty course over the moors and mountains of Mull and the surrounding islands . A friend , a few years ago , killed one out of a party of seven - a number which would have been thought deeply significant in the days ...
Σελίδα 21
... seen ) was shot at Dechmont , in Lanarkshire ; but since that year , as ornithologists have increased , instances of its occurrence have been more fre- quent . These , it may be added , have chiefly happened in the West of Scotland . In ...
... seen ) was shot at Dechmont , in Lanarkshire ; but since that year , as ornithologists have increased , instances of its occurrence have been more fre- quent . These , it may be added , have chiefly happened in the West of Scotland . In ...
Σελίδα 22
... seen fre- quenting the island of Foula for three or four weeks . I have in my own collection a very handsome female bird of this species , which was caught near Elgin in the autumn of 1865 . It had previously been wounded , and ...
... seen fre- quenting the island of Foula for three or four weeks . I have in my own collection a very handsome female bird of this species , which was caught near Elgin in the autumn of 1865 . It had previously been wounded , and ...
Σελίδα 27
... seen the kestrel and little merlin buffeted by swallows , wagtails , and other small assailants , whose impudent boldness is so often allowed to pass unpunished . Writing from Iona , Mr Graham says : - " It is frequently seen along the ...
... seen the kestrel and little merlin buffeted by swallows , wagtails , and other small assailants , whose impudent boldness is so often allowed to pass unpunished . Writing from Iona , Mr Graham says : - " It is frequently seen along the ...
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Aberdeenshire abundant Ailsa Craig Angus appears Argyleshire autumn Ayrshire Barra beautiful Benbecula Berwickshire breeding places breeding season British Birds Caithness Clyde coast colour common considerable numbers crow distance districts Dr Dewar Dr Saxby duck Dunbar dunlins eagle East Lothian Edinburgh eggs Elwes feathers feeding feet female Firth fish flight flying Forfarshire frequently Girvan Glasgow grey ground guillemot gulls habits Harvie Brown haunts hooded crow inches informed Inner Hebrides Iona Islay Kilda killed large flocks late localities Loch Lomond Macgillivray mainland male mentions Messrs Baikie migratory miles Mull neighbourhood nest North Uist notice numbers observed obtained occasionally occurred old birds Orkney ornithologist Outer Hebrides pairs perch plumage procured rare remarks rocks Sandpiper Scottish seen Shetland shire shores shot Sinclair Skye South Uist species specimen spot summer Sutherlandshire trees visited West of Scotland western counties Wigtownshire wing winter woods young birds
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Σελίδα 122 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow The world should listen then — as I am listening now.
Σελίδα 76 - With joy — and oft an unintruding guest, I watched her secret toils from day to day How true she warped the moss to form her nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay. And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining eggs as bright as flowers, Ink-spotted over, shells of green and blue; And there I witnessed, in the summer hours, A brood of nature's minstrels chirp and fly, Glad as the sunshine and the laughing sky.
Σελίδα 53 - A cloud lay cradled near the setting sun, A gleam of crimson tinged its braided snow : Long had I watched the glory moving on O'er the still radiance of the Lake below. Tranquil its spirit seemed, and floated slow .' Even in its very motion there was rest : While every breath of eve that chanced to blow, Wafted the traveller to the beauteous West.
Σελίδα 76 - Within a thick and spreading hawthorn bush, That overhung a molehill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns of rapture, while I drank the sound With...
Σελίδα 453 - Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise; Ay me ! whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurled; Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world...
Σελίδα 272 - In an upright position, it measures, when fully grown, about three feet six inches to the top of the head ; and its length, from the point of the bill to the tip of the tail, is about three feet.
Σελίδα 456 - Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant...
Σελίδα 374 - ... a bright light blue; primaries dusky brown; secondaries black; speculum or beauty spot rich green ; tertials, edged with black or light blue, and streaked down their middle with white; the tail, which is pointed, extends two inches beyond the wings; legs and feet yellow, the latter very small; the two crescents of white before the eyes meet OH the throat.
Σελίδα 53 - O'er the still radiance of the lake below : Tranquil its spirit seemed and floated slow ; Even in its very motion there was rest ; While every breath of eve that chanced to blow Wafted the traveller to the beauteous West — Emblem...
Σελίδα 354 - It is highly probable that they extend their migrations under the very pole itself, amid the silent desolation of unknown countries, shut out ever since creation from the prying eye of man by everlasting and insuperable barriers of ice.