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" ... off in a direction quite different from that in which they had arrived the evening before, and at sunrise all that were able to fly had disappeared. The... "
The illustrated natural history - Page 578
by John George Wood - 1862
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American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 4

Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - Birds - 1831 - 392 pages
...foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, racoons, opossums, and pole-cats, were seen sneaking off from the spot, whilst eagles and hawks, of different species, accompanied...supplant them, and enjoy their share of the spoil. It was then that the authors of all this devastation began their entry amongst the dead, the dying,...
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American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 4

Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - Birds - 1831 - 760 pages
...foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, racoons, opossums, and pole-cats, were seen sneaking off from the spot, whilst eagles and hawks, of different species, accompanied by a crowd of vultures, came to supplant thru and enjoy their share of the spoil. It was then thar the authors of all this devastation began...
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The Country Gentleman's Magazine

Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 pages
...and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons, opossums, and pole-cats, were seen sneak-, ing off, whilst eagles and hawks of different species, accompanied...supplant them, and enjoy their share of the spoil." The Ruffed Grouse, Mr Audubon thinks, would make a very important addition to the feathered game of Great...
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Ornithological Biography, Volume 1

John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 pages
...ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears', raccoons, opossums and pole-cats were seen sneaking off, whilst eagles and hawks of different species, accompanied...supplant them, and enjoy their share of the spoil. It was then that the authors of all this devastation began their entry amongst the dead, the dying,...
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Sketches of birds in short enigmatical verses

Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pages
...ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons, oppossums, and polecats were seen sneaking off; whilst eagles and hawks of different species, accompanied...supplant them, and enjoy their share of the spoil. It was then that the authors of all this devastation began their entry amongst the dead, the dying,...
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American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 2

Alexander Wilson - Birds - 1832 - 472 pages
...cougars, bears, racoons, opossums, and pole-cats, were seen sneaking off from the spot, whilst Kagles and Hawks, of different species, accompanied by a...supplant them, and enjoy their share of the spoil. It was then that the authors of all this devastation began their entry amongst the dead, the dying,...
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American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, Volume 4

Horse racing - 1833 - 776 pages
...ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, racoons, opposums, and pole-cats, were seen sneaking off, whilst eagles and hawks of different species, accompanied...supplant them, and enjoy their share of the spoil. [Audubon't Ornithological Biography. ICTHYOPHAGI. MR. Km i nit: Occoquan, Vn. April 5, 1838. In the...
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An Introduction to the Study of Birds: Or, the Elements of Ornithology, on ...

Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons, opossums, and polecats were seen sneaking off, whilst eagles and hawks of different species, accompanied...supplant them and enjoy their share of the spoil." It is not, however, only in their roosting places that these pigeons are attacked, but in their breeding...
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Lessons derived from the animal world, Volume 1

C. T - 1847 - 350 pages
...our ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, racoons, and opossums, were seen sneaking off, while eagles and hawks of different species, accompanied...supplant them, and enjoy their share of the spoil." Either a roosting-place or a breeding-place of these birds is looked upon by the Indians as their grand...
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The Dove: An Example of Attachment to Home

Columbidae - 1849 - 96 pages
...ears, and the foxes, lynxes, cougars, bears, raccoons, and opossums, were seen sneaking off, while eagles and hawks of different species, accompanied...supplant them, and enjoy their share of the spoil." Either a roosting-place or a breedingplace of these birds is looked upon by the Indians as their grand...
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