 Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends the distant object of his attention, the roar of its wings reaching the ear as it disappears in the deep, making the surges foam around! At this moment the eager looks of the eagle are all...  British Birds in Their Haunts - Page 12by Charles Alexander Johns - 1862 - 626 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Arthur Naylor Wollaston - 1877 - 198 pages
...attention. By his wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His...eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends... | |
 | William Lloyd Baily - Birds - 1878 - 422 pages
...liquid magazine of Nature. High over all these hovers one, whose action instantly arrests his whole attention. By his wide curvature of wing, and sudden...kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from Heaven, descends... | |
 | London readers - 1878 - 296 pages
...sudden suspension in the air, he knows him to be the fish-hawk settling over some devoted victim in the deep. His eye kindles at the sight, and balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 346 pages
...attention. By his wide curvature of wing and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the fishhawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His...kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with halfopened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 364 pages
...attention. By his wide curvature of wing and sudden suspension in air, he knows him to be the fishhawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His...kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with halfopened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends... | |
 | Edward Augustus Samuels - Birds - 1883 - 666 pages
...liquid magazine of nature. High over all these hovers one whose action instantly arrests his whole attention. By his wide curvature of wing and sudden...kindles at the sight ; and, balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow° from heaven, descends... | |
 | Lemurs - 1883 - 456 pages
...attention. By the wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows it to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His...kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends... | |
 | John Swett, Charles H. Allen, Josiah Royce - Readers - 1883 - 366 pages
...multitudes that subsist by the bounty of this vast liquid magazine of Nature. him to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His...kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. 4. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends... | |
 | Animals - 1885 - 456 pages
...attention. By the wide curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in air, he knows it to be the fish-hawk, settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His...kindles at the sight, and, balancing himself with half-opened wings on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends... | |
 | James William Buel - Zoology - 1891 - 748 pages
...curvature of wing, and sudden suspension in the air, he knows him to be the fish hawk (Pandion halicetus^ settling over some devoted victim of the deep. His...kindles at the sight, and balancing himself, with half-opened wings, on the branch, he watches the result. Down, rapid as an arrow from heaven, descends... | |
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