| 1801 - 736 páginas
...weftern monfoons. In the eaft monfoon they moult their long feathers, but recover them in the weft. They always migrate in flocks of thirty or forty, and have a leader, which the inhabitants of Amu call the King : he is faid to be black, to have red fpots, and to fly far above the flock, which... | |
| 1801 - 574 páginas
...western monsoons. In the east monsoon they moult their long- feathers, but reеотег them in the west. They always migrate in flocks of thirty or forty, and have a leader, which the inhabitants of Arrau call the king : he is said to be black, to have red spots, and to.fly far above the flock, which... | |
| 1801 - 506 páginas
...monlouns. In the c.nlt inonfoon they moult their !on£ it ailiers, but recover tlirni in the welt. '1 hev always migrate in flocks of thirty or forty, and have a leader, which the ¡nhab'nanisof Arrou call the king : he : faid to be black, to have red lpc>ts, anil to fly );ir above... | |
| William Bingley - 1803 - 606 páginas
...retire to the Arrou isles, about 'a hundred and forty miles eastward, during the dry or western monsoon. They always migrate in flocks of thirty or forty,...which the inhabitants of Arrou call the king: he is said to be black, to have red spots, and to fly far above the flock, which never desert him, but settle... | |
| Mary Trimmer - 1825 - 278 páginas
...during the dry monsoon it inhabits the islands of Arrou, about a hundred and forty miles eastward. They migrate in flocks of thirty or forty, and have a leader which the Indians call the King. He is described as being black, with red spots, and as soaring far above the... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 392 páginas
...to the Arrou islands, about a hundred and forty miles eastward, during the dry or western monsoon. They always migrate in flocks of thirty or forty,...which the inhabitants of Arrou call the king. He is said to be black, to have red spots, and to fly far above the flock, which never desert him, but always... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 páginas
...by the lustre of his plumage, and that respect and veneration which is paid him.1 In the evening 1 They always migrate in flocks of thirty or forty, and have a leader, which the inhabitants o! Aro call the king. He is said to be black, to have red spots, and to fly far above the flock, which... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 páginas
...cavity with salts and spiers, they sell them to the Europeans for a perfect trifle.t * HABITS. — They always migrate in flocks of thirty or forty, and have a leader which the inhabitants of Aro call the king. He is said to be block, to have red spots, and to fly far above the flock which... | |
| Richard Alsop - 1856 - 226 páginas
...western monsoon. In the east monsoon they moult their long feathers, but recover them in the west. They always migrate in flocks of thirty or forty,...leader, which the inhabitants of Arrou call the king, who is said to fly above the flock, which never desert him, but settle where he does. They constantly... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 páginas
...the lustre ot his plumage, and that respect and veneration which is paid him.a In the evening they * They always migrate in flocks of thirty or forty, and have a leader, which the inhabitants of Aro call the king. He is said to be black, to have red spots, and to fly far above the flock, which... | |
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