A Companion to the London Museum and Pantherion: Containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Fifteen Thousand Natural and Foreign Curiosities, Antiquities ... Now Open for Public Inspection in the Egyptian Temple, Picadilly, London |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 22
Page 32
... ) A matchless group of these noble birds consisting of the male and female , and young , beautifully preserved . The male is represented as just arrived at the nest , with a white Howitt Golden Eagle and While Harel . Pub by W.Bullock 32.
... ) A matchless group of these noble birds consisting of the male and female , and young , beautifully preserved . The male is represented as just arrived at the nest , with a white Howitt Golden Eagle and While Harel . Pub by W.Bullock 32.
Page 32
... nest ( if a bare rock with a little grass strewed on it could be so called ) was on a small ledge of the rock , the upper part of which projected in such a manner that rendered it impossible for man to ap- proach it . After several ...
... nest ( if a bare rock with a little grass strewed on it could be so called ) was on a small ledge of the rock , the upper part of which projected in such a manner that rendered it impossible for man to ap- proach it . After several ...
Page 33
... nest of one we found the remains of several lambs , and the legs of 48 fowls were found near another . It is but a few years since a person died , who in his infancy had been carried off by a Eagle , and recovered by his parents . By an ...
... nest of one we found the remains of several lambs , and the legs of 48 fowls were found near another . It is but a few years since a person died , who in his infancy had been carried off by a Eagle , and recovered by his parents . By an ...
Page 39
... nests . The larger kind lay only two or three eggs : but it is probable that the smaller ones lay more . The natives are very assiduous in finding out the places where they nestle , for the purpose of procuring the young ; because those ...
... nests . The larger kind lay only two or three eggs : but it is probable that the smaller ones lay more . The natives are very assiduous in finding out the places where they nestle , for the purpose of procuring the young ; because those ...
Page 41
... nest on the ground , or in holes abandoned by the Armadillo , and lays two eggs ; feeds on insects , which it macerates in water . Near the last is a variety of it from Mexico , with the crown of the head roufous , and the feather of ...
... nest on the ground , or in holes abandoned by the Armadillo , and lays two eggs ; feeds on insects , which it macerates in water . Near the last is a variety of it from Mexico , with the crown of the head roufous , and the feather of ...
Common terms and phrases
Africa ancient animal Ant-eater appearance Armour Banksia Serrata bill Bird of Paradise body bones British BRITISH EAGLES brought Captain coast colour common common Pheasant covered curious Eagle eggs elegant Europe extraordinary extremely Falco feathers feed fish frequently fruit genus Giraffa glass ground Hauberk head Heron Holland Hornbill Howitt Ibis inches long Indian inhabits insects iron ivory Jabiru killed kind known largest lately legs Lemur length Linnæan Linnæus Liverpool living London Museum Piccadilly male and female manner Monkey Mummy Museum Piccadilly April native of South naturalists nearly nest Opossum Orkneys ornamented pair Paradise Paradisea Pheasant Piccadilly April 11812 plumage Porcupine Port Jackson pouch presented prey quadrupeds remarkable resembles Rhinoceros rock Senegal serpents Shark shell singular Sir Joseph Banks skin South America South Seas species specimen Squirrel strong tail tain Tortoise tree tribe variety whole wings wood worn young
Popular passages
Page 84 - See through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth! Above, how high progressive life may go ! Around, how wide ! how deep extend below ! Vast chain of being! which from God began; Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee; From thee to nothing...
Page 97 - Through subterranean cells, Where searching sun-beams scarce can find a way, Earth animated heaves. The flowery leaf Wants not its soft inhabitants.
Page 93 - Which strike ev'n eyes incurious ; but each moss, Each shell, each crawling insect, holds a rank, Important in the plan of Him who framed This scale of beings; holds a rank which lost Would break the chain, and leave behind a gap Which nature's self would rue.
Page 78 - But should he hide his face, the astonish'd sun, And all the extinguish'd stars, would, loosening, reel Wide from their spheres, and Chaos come again. And yet was every faltering tongue of man, Almighty Father ! silent in Thy praise, Thy works themselves would raise a general voice, Even in the depth of solitary woods By human foot untrod ; proclaim Thy power, And to the choir celestial Thee resound, The eternal Cause, Support, and End of all...
Page 109 - These are thy glorious Works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 51 - There are never more than two eggs found in the nest; these are about the size of small peas, and as white as snow, with here and there a yellow speck. The male and the female sit upon the nest by turns ; but the female takes to herself the greatest share. She seldom quits the...
Page 51 - Their, wings are in such rapid motion, that it is impossible to discern their colours, except by their glittering. They are never still, but continually in motion, visiting flower after flower, and extracting its honey as if with a kiss. For this purpose they are furnished with a forky tongue, that enters the cup of the flower, and extracts its nectared tribute.
Page 127 - The entire length, from the point of the nose to the end of the tail, is seven feet ten inches ; and the height three feet six inches.
Page 96 - Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 51 - ... for the purpose. The female is the architect, while the male goes in quest of materials, such as cotton, fine moss, and the fibres of vegetables. Of these materials a nest is composed, about the size of a hen's egg cut in two: it is admirably contrived, and warmly lined with cotton.