 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...the still waters, with the wings and tail expanded ; and, when approached, they drop from the limb into the water, as if dead, and for a minute or two are not seen, when on a sudden, at a vast distance, their long slender heads and neck are *. Valiant's New... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 pages
...limbs of trees, hanging over the water; and when they perceive themselves approached, they drop off from the limbs into the water, as if dead, and for...their long slender head and neck only appear, and have th« appearance very much of a snake.....Barmim. SNOW, an aqueous meteor formed of vapors in the middle... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...the still waters, with their wings and tail expanded ; and, when approached, they drop from the limb into the water, as if dead, and for a minute or two are not seen, when on a sudden, at a vast distance, their long slender heads and necks are raised, and have... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 384 pages
...they behold their images in the watery mirror. At such times, when we approach them, they drop off the limbs into the water, as if dead, and for a minute...or two are not to be seen ; when on a sudden, at a great distance, their long slender head and neck appear, like a snake rising erect out of the water;... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 344 pages
...they behold their images in the watery mirror. At such times, when we approach them, they drop off the limbs into the water, as if dead, and for a minute...or two are not to be seen ; when on a sudden, at a great distance, their long slender head and neck appear, like a snake rising erect out of the water;... | |
 | 1832 - 428 pages
...they behold their images in the watery mirror. At such times, when we approach them, they drop off the limbs into the water, as if dead, and for a minute...or two are not to be seen; when, on a sudden, at a great distance, their long slender head and neck ap• The River St. Juan, E«t Florida. pear, like... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 pages
...waters, with their wings and tails expanded." . ..." At such times, when we approach them, they drop off the limbs into the water, as if dead, and for a minute...or two are not to be seen ; when on a sudden, at a great distance, their long slender head and neck appear like a snake rising erect out of the water."... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 pages
...they behold their images in the watery mirror. At such times, when we approach them, they drop off the limbs into the water as if dead, and for a minute...or two are not to be seen ; when on a sudden, at a great distance, their long slender head and neck appear, like a snake rising erect out of the water... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 pages
...behold their images in the watery mirror. At such times, when we approach them, they drop off the limba into the water as if dead, and for a minute or two are not to be seen ; when on a sudden, at a great distance, their long slender head and neck appear, like a snake rising erect out of the water... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...wings and tail expanded ; and, when 51 THE NORTHERN DIVER, OR LOON. approached, they drop from the limb into the water, as if dead, and for a minute or two are not seen, when, on a sudden, at a vast distance, their long slender heads and necks are raised, and have... | |
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... in little peaceable communities, on the dry limbs of trees, hanging over the still waters, with their wings and tails expanded, I suppose to cool and air themselves when at the same time they behold their images in the watery mirror. At such times,... 
