One appeared dead, and was held up by the tail or claw without exhibiting any signs of life ; a second stood on its head with its claws in the air ; a third imitated a Dutch milk-maid going to market, with pails on its shoulders ; a fourth mimicked a... Our Native Songsters - Page 262by Anne Pratt - 1852 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
| Nathaniel Wanley - 1806 - 450 pages
...wonderful. One appeared as deaJ, and was held up by the tail or claw without shewing any signs of lilt ; a second, stood on its head, with its claws in the air ; a third mimicked a Dutch milk maid going to market with puils on us shoulder . ; a fourth mimicked a Venetian... | |
| 1823 - 496 pages
...ihcm appeared as dead, and was held up by the tail or claw, without showing any sign of life ; and the second stood on its head, with its claws in the air ; a third mimicked a Dutch milk-maid going to market, with pails on its shoulders ; a fouith mimicked a Venetian... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...wonderful performances of his birds. These were Goldfinches, Linnets, and Canary-birds. One appeared dead, and was held up by the tail or claw without...shoulders. A fourth mimicked a Venetian girl looking out at a window. A fifth appeared as a soldier, and mounted guard as a sentinel. The sixth was a cannonier,... | |
| Georges baron Cuvier - 1829 - 720 pages
...wonderful performances of his birds. These were goldfinches, linnets, and canary birds. One appeared dead, and was held up by the tail, or claw, without...shoulders. A fourth mimicked a Venetian girl, looking out at a window. A fifth appeared as a soldier, and mounted guard as a sentinel. The sixth was a cannoneer,... | |
| James Bolton - 1830 - 382 pages
...wonderful performances of his birds. These were Goldfinches, Linnets, and Canarybirds. One appeared dead, and was held up by the tail or claw without...shoulders. A fourth mimicked a Venetian girl looking out at a window. A fifth appeared as a soldier, and mounted guard as a sentinel. The sixth was a cannoneer,... | |
| William Rhind - 1830 - 262 pages
...had also a wonderful exhibition of goldfinches, linnets, and canaries. One appeared to feign death, and was held up by the tail or claw without exhibiting...shoulders ; a fourth mimicked a Venetian girl looking out at a window ; a fifth appeared as a soldier, and mounted guard as a sentinel ; and the sixth acted... | |
| Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...indicating any signs of life ; a second stood on its h ad, with its claws in the air ; a third imitated в Dutch milk-maid going to market, with pails on its...shoulders ; a fourth mimicked a Venetian girl looking out at a window ; a fifth appeared as a soldier, and mounted guard as a sentinel ; a sixth was a cannonier,... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...wonderful performances of his birds. These were goldfinches, linnets, and canary-birds. One appeared dead, and was held up by the tail or claw without...shoulders. A fourth mimicked a Venetian girl looking out at a window. A fifth appeared as a soldier, and mounted guard as a sentinel. The sixth was a cannoneer,... | |
| George Montagu - 1831 - 670 pages
...ago the Sieur Roman exhibited his birds, which were Goldfinches, linnets, and canaries. One appeared dead, and was held up by the tail or claw without...shoulders ; a fourth mimicked a Venetian girl looking out at a window ; a fifth appeared as a soldier, and mounted guard as a sentinel ; and the sixth acted... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pages
...exhibited goldfinches, linnets, and canaries, wonderfully trained, relates, that " one appeared dad, and was held up by the tail or claw without exhibiting...shoulders ; a fourth mimicked a Venetian girl looking out at a window ; a fifth appeared as a soldier, and mounted guard as a sentinel ; and the sixth acted... | |
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