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The Minstrelsy of the Woods; Or, Sketches and Songs Connected with the Natural History of Some of the Most Interesting British and Foreign Birds

The Minstrelsy of the Woods; Or, Sketches and Songs Connected with the Natural History of Some of the Most Interesting British and Foreign Birds


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1832 Excerpt: ... 205 THE SIXTH ORDER. PALMIPEDES OB SWIMMERS. The birds of this order are characterised by their feet and legs formed for swimming; that is to say, placed far back on the body, with short and compressed tarsi, and webs between the toes. A close, shining plumage, moistened by an oily secretion, and furnished near the skin with a thick down, protects them from the water, on the surface of which they live. They are also the only birds in which the neck is longer, and sometimes considerably so, than the legs; because, while swimming on the surface, they have frequent occasion to seek their food below it.--Cuvicr. ORDER PALMIPEDES. The Herring Gull. Silvery Gull. Larus Argentatus. Few persons can have frequented the shores of our island, without observing and admiring the numerous birds of this tribe, which hover over the rocks, burst screaming from the crags, or ride, with a composure truly wonderful, on the foaming wave. We remember to have heard that some English family bears the gull for its crest, with the motto, "Composed in the midst of storms." Such a device must rank as one of the most tasteful of heraldic decorations. The notes of the gull are anything but musical; yet they mingle well with wind and wave, and harmonize with the scenes in the midst of which these birds are found. Though devoid of the charms of song, they have abundant attractions for the wanderer who watches their movements, and listens to their wild cries in their favourite haunts. How beautiful are they, when seen wheeling their flight over the base of the steep cliffs at sunset, reflecting the golden light on their white wings and breasts, till they look like the dove of the sacred bard, "whose wings are of silver, and her feathers of wrought gold!" And what can be so expressive of re...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150727290
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 48
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150727292
  • Publisher Date: 08 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 104 gr


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