 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1847 - 806 pàgines
...the labyrinth of twigs and flowers, till, an opportunity occurring, the one would dart with seeming fury upon the other, and then, with a loud rustling...pretty close to me, and I perceived that the beak THE BIRDS OF JAMAICA. of the one grasped the beak of the other, and thus fastened, both whirled round... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1856 - 108 pàgines
...They chased each other through the labyrinth of twigs and flowers, till an opportunity occurred when one would dart with fury upon the other, and then,...see with any distinctness what took place in these tussels; their twirlings were so rapid as to baffle all attempts at discrimination. At length an encounter... | |
 | Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 402 pàgines
...the labyrinth of twigs and flowers, till an opportunity occurring, the one would dart with seeming fury upon the other, and then with a loud rustling...an encounter took place pretty close to me, and I perA COMBAT. 291 ceived that the beak of the one grasped the beak of the other, and thus fastened both... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1872 - 186 pàgines
...They chased each other through the labyrinth of twigs and flowers, till an opportunity occurred, when one .would dart with fury upon the other, and then,...pretty close to me, and I perceived that the beak of one grasped the beak of the other, and thus fastened, both whirled round and round in their perpendicular... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1891 - 1216 pàgines
...with a loud rustling of their wings, they would twirl together round and round, till they nearly camo to the earth. It was some time before I could see,...these tussles; their twirlings were so rapid as to bafflu all attempts at discrimination. At length an encounter took place pretty close to me, and I... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1891 - 1220 pàgines
...loud rustling of their wings, they would twirl together round aud round, till they nearly came t» the earth. It was some time before I could see, with...distinctness, what took place in these tussles ; their twirliugs were so rapid as to balllu all attempts at discrimination. At length an encounter took place... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1891 - 1194 pàgines
...other, and then, with a loud rustling of their wings, they would twirl together round and round, till they nearly came to the earth. It was some time before I could see, with auy distinctness, what took place in these tussles ; their twirliugs were so rapid as to baffle all... | |
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... fury upon the other, and then, with a loud rustling of their wings, they would twirl together round and round until they nearly came to the earth. It was some time before I could see with any distinctness what took place in these tussles ; their twirlings... 