 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 ページ
...enables a judicious observer to pronounce upon them with some certainty. Put a bird in motion, Et vera incessu patuit. " Thus kites and buzzards sail round...called in the north of England gleads, from the Saxon word glidan, to glide. The kestrel, or wind-hover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 ページ
...some certainty. Put a bird in motion -Et vera incessu patuit • Thus leitei and biuaardi sail around in circles with wings expanded and motionless ; and...from the Saxon verb glidan, to glide. The kestrel or wind-liaver, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being... | |
 | T Forster - 1832 - 144 ページ
...curious notes on the flight and movement of birds. “Thus Kites and Buzzards sail round in circles and wings expanded and motionless; and it is from their...to glide. The Kestrel, or Windhover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being briskly agitated. Henharriers... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 ページ
...enables a judicious observer to pronounce upon them with some certainty. Put a bird in motion, " Et vera incessu patuit." Thus kites and buzzards sail round...to glide. The kestrel, or windhover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while being briskly agitated. Hen harriers... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 410 ページ
...enables a judicious observer to pronounce upon them with some certainty. Put a bird in motion, Et vera incessu patuit. Thus kites and buzzards sail round...the north of England, gleads, from the Saxon verb g/idan, to glide. The kestrel, or windhover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air place, his wings... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 ページ
...judicious observer to pronounce upon them with some certainty. Put a bird in motion " et vera inccssu patuit." Thus kites and buzzards sail round in circles...it is from their gliding manner that the former are etil) called in the north of England gleade, from the Saxon verb glidan, to glide. The kestrel or wind-hover... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 ページ
...enables a judicious observer to pronounce upon them with some certainty. Put a bird in motion " et rera incessu patuit ." Thus kites and buzzards sail round...gleads, from the Saxon verb glidan, to glide. The kestril or wind-hover, has a peculiar mode of hanging in the air in one place, his wings all the while... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - 1846 - 298 ページ
...babble. Glazener, a glazier. Very common among the vulgar. The Dutch say glaazemaker. and actionless: and it is from their gliding manner that the former...England gleads, from the Saxon verb glidan, to glide." White's Natural History of Sdborne. " The sary gled quhissllis with mony ane pew, Qnarby the day was... | |
 | John Trotter Brockett - 1846 - 554 ページ
...glada, milvns. Sc. gled. " Kites and buzzards nail round in circles with wings expanded and actionless ; and it is from their gliding manner that the former...in the North of England gleads, from the Saxon verb gUdan, to glide." While's Natural History of Sdbome. " The sary gled quhissllis with mony ane pew,... | |
 | British land birds - 1857 - 318 ページ
...fruitless. Mr. White, of Selborne, thus admirably pictures the various modes of flight in birds of prey. "Kites and buzzards sail round in circles, with wings...motionless; and it is from their gliding manner that the format ai called in the north of England, gleads, from the Saxon verb glidan, to glide. The kestrel,... | |
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incessu patuit." Thus kites and buzzards sail round in circles with wings expanded and motionless : and it is from their gliding manner that the former are still called in the north of England gleads, from the Saxon verb glidan, to glide. The kestrel... 
