| 740 páginas
...evidently deserted. But while I lingered in the romantic place, picking up some of the land shells which were scattered among the rocks, suddenly I heard...Polytmus hovering opposite the nest with a mass of silk cotton in her beak. Deterred by the sight of me, she presently retired to a twig a few paces distant,... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill - 1847 - 474 páginas
...hymn of praise of an angel. It is so in keeping with the solitude, and with the scene, that we are_ unconsciously arrested to admire and listen. The smaller...whirr of a Humming-bird, and, looking up, saw a female Polytmiis hovering opposite the nest, with a mass of silk-cotton in her beak. Deterred by the sight... | |
| 1847 - 420 páginas
...Trochilus Polytmus). — " While I lingered in the romantic place, picking up some of the land shells which were scattered among the rocks, suddenly I heard the whirr of a humming bird, and, looking up, saw a female Polytmus hovering opposite the nest, with a mass of silk... | |
| 1851 - 642 páginas
...evidently deserted. But while I lingered in the romantic place, picking up some of the land shells which were scattered among the rocks, suddenly I heard...Polytmus hovering opposite the nest with a mass of silk cotton in her beak. Deterred by the sight of me, she presently retired to a twig a few paces distant,... | |
| 1851 - 638 páginas
...evidently deserted. But while I lingered in the romantic place, picking up some of the land shells which were scattered among the rocks, suddenly I heard...whirr of a hummingbird, and, looking up, saw a female J'olytmus hovering opposite the nest with a mass of silk cotton in her beak. Deterred by the sight... | |
| 1851 - 706 páginas
...evidently deserted. But while 1 lingered in the romantic place, picking up some of the land shells which were scattered among the rocks, suddenly I heard the whirr of a humming bird, and, looking up, saw a female Po/ytmus hovering opposite the nest with a mass of silk... | |
| William Charles Linnaeus Martin - 1852 - 312 páginas
...the one deserted was, however, in progress, and the writer goes on to say, " While I lingered in this romantic place, picking up some of the landshells...few paces distant, on which she sat. I immediately sank down among the rocks as gently as possible, and remained perfectly still. In a few seconds she... | |
| 1865 - 740 páginas
...evidently deserted. But while I lingered in the romantic place, picking up some of the land shells which were scattered among the rocks, suddenly I heard...Polytmus hovering opposite the nest with a mass of silk cotton in her beak. Deterred by the sight of me, she presently retired to a twig a few paces distant,... | |
| Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 402 páginas
...evidently deserted. But while I lingered in the romantic place, picking up some of the land shells which were scattered among the rocks, suddenly I heard...Polytmus hovering opposite the nest with a mass of silk cotton in her beak. Deterred by the sight of me, she presently retired to a twig a few paces distant,... | |
| John George Wood - 1862 - 804 páginas
...the bird in the act of making her nest, and describes her movements in the following words : — " Suddenly I heard the whirr of a Humming-bird, and,...few paces distant, on which she sat. I immediately sank down among the rocks as gently as possible, and remained perfectly still In a few seconds she... | |
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