"Ornithological" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... favoured with a more minute and ornithological description of the elegant and novel bird mentioned in page 65* of the preceding sheets since they were sent to the press, it ...
— An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 2 • David Collins
... the young naturalist sailed away for England, proud and happy, with his great collection of entomological, botanical and ornithological specimens. ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists • Elbert Hubbard
... Presently the bird darts, or, as it seems, falls down a few feet in pursuit of a fly or moth, and I see the whole of it, but in the dim light am undecided. It is for such emergencies that I have brought this gun. A bird in the hand is worth half a dozen in the bush, even for ornithological purposes; and no sure and rapid progress can be made in the study without taking life, without procuring specimens. This bird is a Warbler, plainly enough, from his habits and manner; but what kind of Warbler? Look on him and name him: a deep ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 • Various |
