| Edmund Burke - 1812 - 850 páginas
...the nobility of Spain. There are two kinds of kestrels, birds of prey 5 the one called cenotzqui w particularly beautiful : likewise goss-hawks and sparrow-hawks...cranes, turtledoves, pigeons, quails, wild turkeys, &c. with a vast variety of others lhat are esteemed in Europe. Of aquatic and other fishi^gbirds which... | |
| Francesco Saverio Clavigero - 1807 - 578 páginas
...seen wheeling in vast numbers under the loftiest clouds, till they entirely disappear. They feed. upon carrion, which they discover by the acuteness of their sight and smell, from the* greatest height, and descend upon it with a majestic flight, in a. great spiral course. They... | |
| 1812 - 822 páginas
...: likewue goss-hawks and sparrow-hawks ; /, ¡¡¡îlots, or gallinazos, which are larger than ihe raven; these not only clear the fields of carrion,...cranes, turtledoves, pigeons, quails, wild turkeys, &c. with a vast variety ot others that are esteemed in Europe. Of aquatic and other fishingbirds which... | |
| Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 442 páginas
...seen wheeling, in vast numbers under the loftiest clouds, till they entirely disappear. They feed upon carrion, which they discover by the acuteness of their sight and smell, from the greatest height, and descend upon it with a majestic flight, in a great spiral course. They... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1825 - 1096 páginas
...itzquauhtli, which not only pursues the larger birds and hares, but will even attack men and beastsThe Mexican falcons are so excellent in their nature,...cranes, turtledoves, pigeons, quails, wild turkeys, &c. with a vast variety of others that are esteemed in Europe. Of aquatic and other fishingbirds which... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 426 páginas
...wheeling, in vast numbers, under the loftiest clouds, till they entirely disappear. They feed upon carrion, which they discover, by the acuteness of their sight and smell, from the greatest height, and descend upon it with a majestic flight, in a great spiral course. They... | |
| James Rennie - 1835 - 408 páginas
...seen wheeling in vast numbers tinder the loftiest clouds, till they entirely disappear. They feed upon carrion, which they discover by the acuteness of their sight and smell, from the greatest height, and descend upon it with a majestic flight in a great spiral coursef." When... | |
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