 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 ページ
...and cuffing each other on the wing, in a kind of playful skirmish; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a...crows and daws swagger in their walk ; woodpeckers fly mlatu undoso, opening and closing their wings at every stroke, and so are always rising or falling... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 ページ
...and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish ; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity, liooki sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicsome manner ; cram add davi swagger in their walk ; woodpeckers... | |
 | T Forster - 1832 - 144 ページ
...amid cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish; and, when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a...scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the center of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicksome manner; Crows and Dawa swagger... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 ページ
...and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish ; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a...crows and daws swagger in their walk ; woodpeckers fly volata undoso, opening and closing their wings at every stroke, and so are always rising or falling... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 ページ
...and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a...crows and daws swagger in their walk; woodpeckers fly volatu mulatto, opening and closing their wings at every stroke, and so are always rising or falling... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 ページ
...and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a...crows and daws swagger in their walk; woodpeckers fly volatu undoso, opening and closing their wings at every stroke, and so are always rising or falling... | |
 | 1839 - 272 ページ
...and cuffing each other on the wing, in a kind of playful skirmish ; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. The following figure will show the position of the centre of gravity in a bird, in four of its positions... | |
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 592 ページ
...and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmish ; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity." Much more might be written about this grave, and, in the eyes of many, even of the present day, preternaturally... | |
 | British land birds - 1857 - 318 ページ
...skirmish; and when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a loud crack, and seem to be falling to the ground. When this odd...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity." The eagle's cry is sharp and loud, and so powerful, that it can be heard from afar. Destined for war... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1862 - 456 ページ
...and cuffing each other on the wing in a kind of playful skirmisli; and, when they move from one place to another, frequently turn on their backs with a...with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Hooks sometimes dive and tumble in a frolicsome manner; crows and daws swagger in their walk; wood-peckers... | |
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to another, frequently turn on their backs with a loud croak, and seem to be falling to the ground. When this odd gesture betides them, they are scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity. Rooks sometimes dive and tumble... 
