The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 164
ungry. I will soon bring you somethingto eat, said the Father Eagle, and he spread hisgreat wings and flew up and up toward the sun.He can do this because his wings are so strong,and his eyes are sheltered from the sunlight bythick-growing feathers that look almost like eye-brows. He has a curtain,… … THE HARPY EAGLE. DRAWN FROM LIFE BY J. M. GLEESON N.&O.L. I. 23. 354 LISTENING TO BEASTS AND BIRDS eyes an Eagle must have to see from so faraway! Folding his wings he dropped like a stone— down —down—down —straight on to the backof the sheep. With his strong talons he seizedthe poor beast,…
Children's literature · Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries · Literature · Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Internet Archive · BYU–Idaho · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.