| Oliver Goldsmith - 1807 - 472 pages
...like butterflies on a summer's day. xThe smallest of the species is about the size of a hazle-nut; the feathers on its wings and tail are black; but those on the body and under the wings are of a greenish brown, with a fine red cast, and a gloss which no silk... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1814 - 234 pages
...extracting sweets with their little bills. The smallest humming-bird is about the size of a hazel-nut. The feathers on its wings and tail are black; but...its wings, are of a greenish brown, with a fine red cast or gloss, which no silk or velvet can imitate. It has a small crest on its head, green at the... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...extracting their sweets with its little bill. The smallest humming-bird is about the size of a hazel-nut. The feathers on its wings and tail are black ; but...its wings, are of a greenish brown, with a fine red cast or gloss, which no silk or velvet can imitate. It has a small crest on its head, green at the... | |
| 1813 - 998 pages
...together the insect and the feathered tribes. The feathers on its wings and tail are of a violet brown, but those on its body, and' under its wings, are of a greenish colour, with a fine red cast or gloss which no silk or velvet can imitate. Its bill is long, black,... | |
| William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 pages
...extracting sweets with their little bill. 5. The smallest humming-bird is about the size of a hazel nut. 6. The feathers on its wings and tail are black : but those on the body, and under its wings, are of a greenish brown, with a fine red cast or gloss, which no silk... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 534 pages
...in the fields of America, from flower to flower, and extracting their sweets with its little bill. The smallest humming-bird is about the size of a hazel...but those on its body and under its wings, are of a greenish-brown, with a fine red cast or gloss, which no silk or velvet can imitate. It has a small... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1824 - 170 pages
...the fields of America, •from flower to flower, and extracting sweets with their little bills. 3. The smallest humming-bird is about the size of a hazel...tail are black; but those on its body, and under its "flings, are of a greenish brown, with a fine red cast or gloss, which no silk or velvet can imitate,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pages
...extracting their sweets with its little bill. The smallest humming-bird is about the size of a hazel-nut. The feathers on its wings and tail are black; but those on its body and under its wings, are of a greenish-brown, with a fine red cast or gloss, which no silk or velvet can imitate. It has a small... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - 612 pages
...in the fields of America, from flower to flower, and extracting their sweets with its little bill. The smallest humming-bird is about the size of a hazel...its wings, are of a greenish brown with a fine red cast, or gloss, which no silk or velvet can imitate. It has a small crest on its head, green at the... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1831 - 182 pages
...extracting sweets wi|h their little bills. 3. The smallest humming-bird is about the size of a hazel-nut. The feathers on its wings and tail are black ; but...its wings, are of a greenish brown, with a fine red cast or gloss, which no silk or velvet can imitate. It has a small crest on its head, green at the... | |
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