A few observations on the mode of flight of these birds must not be omitted. The appearance of large detached bodies of them in the air, and the various evolutions they display, are strikingly picturesque and interesting. In descending the Ohio, by myself,... The Auk - Page 501892Full view - About this book
| Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 442 pages
...standard by which to judge of the comparative temperatures of different climates. In descending the river Ohio, by myself, in the month of February, I met with the first flock of Paroquets at the mouth of the Little Sioto. I had been informed, by an old and respectable inhabitant... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 426 pages
...described, it is rare to see them. The inhabitants of Lexington, as many of them In descending the river Ohio, by myself, in the month of February, I met with the first flock of paroquets, at the mouth of the Little Sioto. I had been informed, by an old and respectable inhabitant... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 372 pages
...them in the air, arid the various evolutions they display, are strikingly picturesque and interesting. In descending the Ohio by myself, in the month of February, I often rested on my oars to contemplate their aerial manoBuvres. A column, eight or ten miles in length,... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pages
...standard by which to judge of the comparative temperatures of different climates. In descending the river Ohio, by myself, in the month of February, I met with the first flock of Paroquets, at the mouth of the Little Scioto. I had been informed, by an old and respectable inhabitant... | |
| Alexander Wilson - 1832 - 472 pages
...them in the air, and the various evolutions they display, are strikingly picturesque and interesting. In descending the Ohio by myself, in the month of February, I often rested on my oars to contemplate their aerial manoauvres. A column, eight or ten miles in length,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...them in the air, and the various evolutions they display, are strikingly picturesque and interesting. In descending the Ohio by myself, in the month of February, I often rested on my oars to contemplate their aerial manoeuvres. A column, eight or ten miles in length,... | |
| 1857 - 528 pages
...in the air, and the various evolutions they display, arc strikingly picturesque and interesting. — In descending the Ohio by myself, in the month of February, I often rested on my oars to contemplete their aerial manoeuvres. A column, eight or ten miles in length,... | |
| John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...them in the air, and the various evolutions they display, are strikingly picturesque and interesting. In descending the Ohio by myself in the month of February, I often rested on my oars to contemplate their aerial manoeuvres. A column, eight or ten miles in length,... | |
| John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...them in the air, and the various evolutions they display, are strikingly picturesque and interesting. In descending the Ohio by myself in the month of February, I often rested on my oars to contemplate their aerial manoeuvres. A column, eight or ten miles in length,... | |
| John George Wood - 1862 - 806 pages
...them in the air, and the various evolutions they display, are strikingly picturesque and interesting. In descending the Ohio by myself in the month of February, I often rested on my oars to contemplate their at r: .1 manoeuvres. A column, eight or ten miles in length,... | |
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