Bird-life; being a history of the bird, its structure, and habits, together with sketches of fifty different species (1874)
Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884 · London, J. Van Voorst · leaf 657
gypt in theearly days of the month of August; the first arrivals,however, were all old birds, the young ones putting in anappearance somewhat later. All Cuckoos exhibit thesame hurry and restlessness, for which they are soremarkable; even while migrating, they ever continueadvancing, threading the… … J.G-Keulemans Jith.. WfcN.Harihazt WINTEH TIME CHAPTEE I. THE KINGFISHER (Alcedo ispida). The Halcyon flew across the stream,And the silver brooklet caught the gleam;The glittering flash of his dazzling -wingsWas such as the gorgeous rainbow flings,In broken rays through the tearful sky,On a sunny…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
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