| 单词 | carrion crow |
| 例句 | The carcasses of burnt and butchered animals dotted the ground, under living blankets of carrion crows that rose, cawing furiously, when disturbed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z From time to time the guards waved their spears to chase away the kestrels, gulls, and carrion crows paying court to the deceased. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Tyrioii saw no bodies, but the air was full of ravens and carrion crows; there had been fighting here, and recently. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Already a brutal-beaked carrion crow was tearing at the face of one of them, and Will could see a bigger bird circling above, as if choosing the richest feast. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Ravens soared through a grey sky on wide black wings, while carrion crows rose from their feasts in furious clouds wherever he set his steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was a castle made entirely out of food, except that on the highest tower of all a carrion crow was sitting, with an arrow in its beak. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z My flesh will feed the wolves and carrion crows, she thought sadly, and worms will burrow through my womb. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There were carrion crows wheeling in the air above the gray battlements, and Will felt a jolt of sickness as he realized what had drawn them there. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Hack off their heads, we'll send them back to the Wall. Leave the rest for the carrion crows." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “As well make peace with wolves and carrion crows.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Over the two years that followed, Mr. Hiemstra and his colleagues discovered several other nests, built by Eurasian magpies and carrion crows, that contained anti-bird spikes. ‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests From Anti-Bird Spikes 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The ancients here would usually be cremated or likely left in their version of a “sky burial,” for the carrion crows to pick clean, the bones collected later, or not. British archaeologists found a 5,000-year-old drum and three children locked in a neolithic embrace 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Two black carrion crows swooped down on the unprotected head of a woman passing by. Emerging From One Plague, Some Romans Face Another: Attacking Crows 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z They trained two lab-raised, 1-year-old carrion crows to move or stay still in response to a faint cue displayed on a monitor. Newfound brain structure explains why some birds are so smart—and maybe even self-aware 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z In the Tübingen group’s experiment, two carrion crows were trained to recall a previous experience to guide their behavior. Bird Brains Are Far More Humanlike Than Once Thought 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Or perhaps because owls often are attacked and harassed during the day by carrion crows, kestrels and other birds. White Barn Owls Thrive When Hunting in Bright Moonlight 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z But although the crows still look very different — carrion crows are solid black, whereas hooded crows are grey — researchers have found that they are almost identical genetically. Two crows kept separate by their looks 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Great spotted cuckoos are also parasitical on carrion crows, but as crow chicks are much larger than cuckoos they are never out-competed and crow parents always manage to raise a few young of their own. Cuckoo Chicks Bring Benefits to Nests They Parasitize 2014-03-26T21:45:00Z They come over to the East Coast in hordes in the autumn, mostly from Russia, where they also interbreed with the carrion crow. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z Since your heart beats for vermin, feel for the carrion crows! they be as good vermin as these: would ye send them to bed supperless, poor pretty poppets? The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z A gamekeeper in this neighbourhood had shot a fine carrion crow, and hung up his prize, as usual, on a nail near his cottage. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z To the west, the skies belong to the carrion crow. Two crows kept separate by their looks 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The Prince shot several galahs, and if his bag did not include any carrion crows this was chiefly because the good work of shooting them had already been so efficiently done. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z The trail of stripped red carcasses which they left behind them glutted all the wolves, coyotes, and carrion crows for leagues about, and affronted the wholesome daylight of the plains. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z He then left the engag�s to carry the skin to the52 boucan, with a few of the best joints, giving the rest to the carrion crows, that soon sniffed out the blood. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Another sable scavenger, the black vulture or carrion crow, of similar habits, but with a more southerly range, is common in the Gulf States. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z If these regions do become swamped, he predicts that hooded crows will become more like carrion crows because carrions are the socially dominant birds. Two crows kept separate by their looks 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Minor enemies of the squatter are the black carrion crows, creatures justly execrated by every back-block man. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Not only are the rooks there in legions, having their rookeries in the park, but, throughout the forest, daws, carrion crows, jays, and magpies are abundant. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The shark and the sea monster swam by their canoe, the carrion crow that fed to-day upon the carcase they had left, too often fed to-morrow on the slain hunter. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z There were princes and princesses abroad accompanied by handsome bands of retainers, who drove the common people off the driving-road as if they were mere carrion crows. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z He says that the data show genes flowing mainly from hooded to carrion crows, making adoption of the hooded traits by German carrion crows “a fate that seems unavoidable”. Two crows kept separate by their looks 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Several carrion crows, with hoarse croak, flitted from boulder to boulder in ominous expectation of coming carnage. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z This colony may have sprung from a bird hatched and reared in the nest of a carrion crow or magpie. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z This rude bird called his father the Governor; you see, as he had been brought up among carrion crows, his manners were none of the best. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z On the extreme summit of a feather-pine, the carrion crows croaked and rocked in the soft breeze. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Fat carrion crows hurried their unwieldy flight and, higher in the air, a frequent lone hawk sailed out of the west, while now and then a road-runner cut across his path with hasting feet. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z He will carry my counsels to Cortes when the cony carries food to the serpent, and the sick ox to the carrion crow. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico And jealousy does not often allow it to be admitted that the nightingale has a more charming voice than the carrion crow. Saga of Halfred the Sigskald A Northern Tale of the Tenth Century Now, the Indians have never heard of a personage in Demerara higher than that of governor; and the colonists, through a common mistake, call the vultures carrion crows. Wanderings in South America The mighty vermin of the void That hid them from his bended bow, Shall crawl from caverns overjoyed, Jackal and snake and carrion crow. Poems He is black and ill-favoured as a carrion crow. Legends & Romances of Brittany I am a carrion crow; but it is not my fault, after all, that the world is such a nauseous kennel.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) But the carrion crows of the death-chamber were not to be deterred by his well-known wishes. Flowers of Freethought (First Series) Hence the Indian, in order to express the dominion of this bird over the common vultures, tells you he is governor of the carrion crows. Wanderings in South America Roar upon roar of enthusiasm echoed through the marble throne room, and Nelson would have felt wholly at ease had not that little knot of priests remained gathered like ill-omened carrion crows about the door. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 “Not a sign of life but some carrion crows moving around in the blue without flop of a wing,” he grumbled. The Treasure Trail A Romance of the Land of Gold and Sunshine Now and then, a young rabbit is so overcome by fright, that the sly, watchful carrion crow obtains, with little trouble, an unexpected meal. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Hovering in the air were black vultures—the carrion crow and the turkey-buzzard—and upon the tops of tall dead trees could be seen the king of the feathered multitude, the great white-headed eagle. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Yet carrion crows, like herons, are among the rook's most determined enemies, and cases of rookeries being destroyed by both birds are on record. Birds in the Calendar The carrion crow still nests on the moor, although the eggs are taken every season. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter If they did not recover, their bodies were refused respectful burial, and were dragged on a hurdle and thrown into a ditch, to be devoured by carrion crows. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series Flocks of carrion crows swarm over the dead remains of marine animals scattered along the shore. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests My body give To dogs and carrion crows upon the fields. Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts I well remember, in my young days, the clanking gibbet on the sands near Preston and the three tarred and iron-riveted carcases hanging, each in its chains, with the perpetual guard of carrion crows.... The Light of Scarthey Our way led up past the Patriarch, and, as we approached it, we saw innumerable birds of prey, and carrion crows circling round it, croaking and screaming. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 Their very ugliness appeared to give them security, and they are, in the North, what the vulture and carrion crow are in more pleasant climes—Nature's scavengers. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 While a pair of carrion crows hopped slowly and heavily about the carcass, flapping up with a stroke or two of their broad wings in sudden suspicion, then settling down again nearer than before. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Crickets, good, loving, and lucky worms, were wont to feed, sing, and rejoice in the father's chimney; and now carrion crows build in the son's kitchen. Rookwood The wolves would soon make bare bones of him, and the carrion crows peck that handsome face of his. The Death Shot A Story Retold Duke Richard said; 'And may each one our foes Bend down their necks to bloody axe, And feed the carrion crows.' English Songs and Ballads Must they drive down these infinities of creatures, and slaughter them openly and callously, until the air was salt with blood, until the carrion crows hovered over the city in battalions? The Wind Bloweth The carrion crow flapped back, with a croak, and dropped on the horse's skull again. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance A carrion crow an eagle saw Seize on a lamb with beak and claw. Aesop, in Rhyme Old Friends in a New Dress I found it needful to guard my little brood with fine wire-work, for some carrion crows kept hovering near, and a weasel was constantly on the watch to carry them off; but these enemies werep. Wild Nature Won By Kindness Wife, bring me my old bent bow, Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do, That I may shoot yon carrion crow. The Little Mother Goose At daylight carrion crows were seen circling above the barricade. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward A carrion crow, long-legged, heavy of beak, alighting on the clustered curls of the marble bust of Homer, startled her with vociferous croakings. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Look! look at those carrion crows! how low they stoop over that woody bank. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago Old trenches everywhere; thousands of rudely heaped graves, marked by two crossed sticks; miles on miles of rusty barbed-wire defenses, with dead cows or horses entangled in them, slowly rotting, haunted by the carrion crows. Fighting For Peace Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow. The Little Mother Goose Standing awkwardly about the board they looked like a group of carrion crows awaiting the symptoms of death before descending to their meal. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties "How could I speak to one whose mother is a sand-viper, and whose father a carrion crow?" The Delight Makers Kid was urging the horse furiously back and forth among a flock of carrion crows, and practising with his lasso upon them as they rose and flapped about in short and heavy flight. Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories Salonika rings with children's cries, Dawson city with the howlings of dogs, but the towns of the Sanjak have no better music than the croaking of carrion crows. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia The tailor shot, and he missed his mark, Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do, And shot the miller's sow right through the heart Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow. The Little Mother Goose "Readily, sir," replied the attorney, "though I shall lose the pleasure I had anticipated of seeing that old carrion crow roasted alive." The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest It was a haunt of the cuckoo and peewit, the bunting and carrion crow. The Spinners I hold these minstrels now no better than the croaking of your carrion crow," said the elder lady: "these are not like the songs we used to hear in hall and bower at Dunham Massey. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 "Well done! well done!" cried Sir Bullstrode, "That goeth with my gree; May the carrion crow be then abroad, All hungry to feed upon carrion food, That day he fights with me." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow. The Little Mother Goose A carrion crow flew to a rock between us and the water's edge. The Pilots of Pomona Old Adam, the carrion crow, The old crow of Cairo; He sat in the shower, and let it flow Under his tail and over his crest. An English Grammar Besides poachers, the eggs have to run the chance of being destroyed by carrion crows, and occasionally by rooks. The Amateur Poacher Shall he this knight, so dread in fight, Cede to this beardless foe, And feel in his pain, returned again, That vaunt of his so empty and vain, That vaunt of the carrion crow? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Wife! oh wife! bring brandy in a spoon, Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do, For the old miller's sow is in a swoon, Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow. The Little Mother Goose There came a time when some thieving carrion crows were robbing my half-tame wild duck's nests of their eggs, and Jarge was, of course, detailed to tackle them. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor The carrion crow is as big as a small turkey, which it perfectly resembles in shape and colour; but its flesh smells and tastes so strong of muck that it is not eatable. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Here's an eagle facing death in loyalty to carrion crows!—The noble bird is mad! Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Paul Kauvar; or, Anarchy Fling me to the carrion crows, Kill me by inches, boil me in the pot Count Guido promised me,—but, O, beware! Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini And wherefore kill a stag, if we must needs leave his carcase for the carrion crows? The Thirsty Sword Of course, the carrion crows and carrying pigeons. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Of the resident species which are comparatively uncommon elsewhere may be mentioned the hawfinch, the greater and lesser spotted woodpecker, the carrion crow, the raven, the buzzard, the hen-harrier, and the peregrine falcon. Somerset As I went past the great four-square gibbet which had made an end of Ritterdom in Plassenburg, I noted that there was a gathering of the hooded folk—the carrion crows. Red Axe But they differ from the carrion crow and raven, in not feeding upon dead flesh, but upon corn and other seeds and grass, though, indeed, they pick up beetles and other insects and worms. The Illustrated London Reading Book We could see the buzzards and carrion crows. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 "Thou shalt not be left for the carrion crow, Or the wolf to batten o'er thee: Or the coward insult the gallant dead, Who in life had trembled before thee." The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 288, Supplementary Number This unsavory couple, to whom entrance into the purer atmosphere of Zeeland was denied, thenceforth shared with the carrion crows the amenities of Ostend. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers By industry and care, you might thus come to some prefarment; for by this time, I should think, your eyes would plainly tell you that a carrion crow is a better bird than a mocking-thresher. The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 One unpleasant sight here is the skeletons of horses and oxen along the roadside; or at times a fresh carcase surrounded by a convocation of huge serious-looking carrion crows, with neat white neck-cloths. Letters from the Cape I am a carrion crow; but it is not my fault, after all, that the world is such a nauseous kennel.’ Prince Otto, a Romance But know, it is not our purpose to harm thee—thou art of a falcon breed, and noble in thy disposition, though, unreclaimed and ill-nurtured, thou hauntest with kites and carrion crows. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Fate, ashen grey and black, like a carrion crow, had her in its shadow. The Trespasser James, didst thou ever see a carrion crow Stand watching a sick beast before he dies? Queen Mary and Harold Whatever their appetite may be, they dare not for the carrion crow approach any carcass. History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing That formidable host, alas! is coldly nerveless now To drive the vulture from his gorge, or scare the carrion crow. Poems Our Arabs shrank from them with horror, for it is well known that, should you die in the desert, these little people will settle on you like carrion crows, and leave not a bone unpicked. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales In his conjugal relations the carrion crow is a model bird. The Naturalist on the Thames Here, where were we born, they have called us their masters, their fathers—carrion crows, vultures! Tales of the Wilderness They are always in pairs—incurably monogamous; whereas the carrion crow, for reasons of its own, has a fondness for living in trios. Alone The huge carrion crows were the only living things which seemed to brave the approaching chubasco, and were soaring high up in the heavens, appearing to touch the black agitated fringe of the lowering thunderclouds. Tom Cringle's Log His drooping brush, his soiled appearance, and jaded trot, proclaimed his fate impending; and the carrion crow, which hovered over him, already considered poor Reynard as soon to be his prey. Rob Roy — Volume 01 Let Gan have his glut of us like a carrion crow; but let him find us under heaps of his Saracens, an example for all time. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 For what, we demand, did this fleshly creature differ from the carrion crow, or the kite, or the vulture, or the cormorant? Miscellaneous Essays No one who has watched the aerial antics of a triplet of carrion crows can deny them a sense of fun. Alone A carrion crow sat on an oak, A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar! The Real Mother Goose Crickets, good, loving, and lucky worms, were wont to feed, sing, and rejoice in the father's chimney, and now carrion crows build in the son's kitchen. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 High up over the graves of twelve hundred, as we stood there, a German biplane came and went, hovering like a carrion crow, seeking other victims for death. America's War for Humanity To be transmuted into the sensoria of forty different nasty carrion crows, besides two or three foxes, and a large black beetle! Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face His singing voice was inexpressibly harsh, like that, for example, of the carrion crow when that bird is most vocal in its love season and makes the woods resound with its prolonged grating metallic calls. Far Away and Long Ago I could not go away leaving it in that exposed place on the turf, to be found a little later by a magpie or carrion crow or fox, and devoured. Afoot in England I flattered the creature's pride, and he dropped the cheese into my hand like the old carrion crow when they asked him for one of his charming songs. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Jeffrey, set those carrion crow in front of you, and watch them well. The Lady of Blossholme Pouncing upon young flesh like a carrion crow—’tis a vile thing in a old man.’ The Hand of Ethelberta Well, he was what you are—a hawk among carrion crows, a gentleman in the ranks. Under Two Flags If birds of prey trusted to their nostrils, they would keep as near the ground as possible, like the carrion crow, which I believe is the exception that proves the rule. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs All sizes were there from the little carrion crows to the great dignified vultures and marabouts and eagles. The Land of Footprints Since your heart beats for vermin, feel for the carrion crows! they be as good vermin as these; would ye send them to bed supperless, poor pretty poppets? The Cloister and the Hearth I don't want him in there . . . he only helps the carrion crows to rob poor folk. Tales of Unrest |
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