单词 | plumaged |
例句 | They were driving by the lake now, and a group of brightly plumaged girls were emerging from the warming house carrying skates and chirping to each other. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Then, as midnight approached, she ran across the street to meet a group of friends, arrayed like brightly plumaged birds. Amber Tamblyn Goes Dancing With Bowling Shoes 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z South Georgia is a principal breeding site for the king penguin, a species nearly as tall as the emperor and even more dramatically plumaged. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It has the head, bill, and body of a goose, and yet in popular estimation it is, and always will be, a wild duck, and one of the most beautifully plumaged of Australian ducks. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z A brightly plumaged bird with a crested head crossed our path like a flash of gold, and disappeared among the trees. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z As a large, beautiful plumaged bird to grace the game bag the pheasant stands without a rival. Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast 2011-11-18T03:00:28.323Z Birds are very numerous; they include various eagles, several kinds of heron, the egret, the marabout, the crane and the pelican; turacos or plantain-eaters, are common, as are other brilliantly plumaged birds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z With a measured flapping of wings a brilliantly plumaged hornbill passed over our heads. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z The country was covered with flowers and fruit-trees; vines were twined from tree to tree and bright plumaged birds, chiefly parrots, flitted about. The Boy's Book of Heroes 2011-09-06T02:00:10.323Z I walked through the bushes, and noticed a large pond with flat banks covered with all sorts of gaily plumaged birds, among which herons and flamingoes occupied a prominent place. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z Don't think me whimsical, child, but upon my word I cannot undertake to parade that painted and plumaged giantess through Clifton. The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z This section comprises landscape, flowers, fine plumaged birds, and certain symmetrical animal forms. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Brack attracted attention; he was a strange bird in the midst of this gayly plumaged crowd, but he was quite at home, unaware he was a subject of observation. Fast as the Wind A Novel 2011-03-22T02:00:19.407Z When he left it, the court and corridors were crowded with the brilliantly plumaged men and women. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z Cane thickets springing densely from the deep alluvial mould form a safe retreat for the wild boar, while the stately purple plumaged pigeons preen themselves in the green gloom of this paradisal wild. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The uproar terrified the brightly plumaged birds in the treetops and sent the curious little monkeys scuttling to safety. Tahara Among African Tribes I stood up in my stirrups, and with the full force of my sword arm I drove a blow fairly at his plumaged head. With Ring of Shield You often find there grey squirrels, agile yellow goats, and beautifully plumaged pheasants. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] The invaders were there; perhaps they would amuse themselves by shooting their arrows at the brilliantly plumaged Asiatic birds, and by beating the old and sick slaves abandoned in the flight. Sónnica Chapman says, coming in May, before the woods are fully clad, he seems like some bright plumaged tropical bird who has lost his way and wandered to northern climes. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 1897 From time to time soared above the trees flocks of parrots, gray, green, white, or a small bevy of gaudily plumaged toucans in a quiet, wavy flight. In Desert and Wilderness Full plumaged adult birds have very brilliant carmine shoulders and tail coverts, a saffron colored tail, and a lengthened tuft of bright rosy feathers on the foreneck. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. At the edge stood two ibises, while many brilliantly plumaged waterfowl were swimming on its surface or cleaning their feathers on the bank. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt All about us were the songs of numberless brilliantly plumaged birds. The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ The Original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's 1887 Discovery Few of our birds are more beautiful than the full plumaged male of this lovely bird, whose glowing orange throat renders it a conspicuous object among the budding and blossoming branches of the hemlocks. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 2, No. 4 October, 1897 They were large, splendidly plumaged birds, with keen eyes and sharp bills, and at their head was the children's old friend, the policeman. Policeman Bluejay Full plumaged adults of this species are wholly bright scarlet, except for the primaries, which are black. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Dark plumaged birds — which may have light or white parts — will require care in cleaning, in order that their darker feathers may not be dulled by contact with the white plaster. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Look at that bird hovering over yonder flower, for instance; smaller, much smaller, than a wren is he, yet how perfectly shaped and how gloriously plumaged. Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess For of treasures we had plenty, the wild mountain valleys swarming with beautifully plumaged birds, especially with those tiny little objects which were actually less than some of the butterflies and moths. Through Forest and Stream The Quest of the Quetzal The birds o'erhead, that, plumaged like the morn, Caroled their sweetness, sang the holy psalms. Stories in Verse This handsome and entirely different plumaged species from any of the preceding would, from appearance, be better placed in the group with the White-throated Sparrow than its present position. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. But there are millions of brilliantly plumaged birds whose melodies continually ring through heaven. Modern Persia Now it was a white eagle, then a vividly plumaged kingfisher, or a kind of black, racket-tailed daw with glossy plumage. Middy and Ensign For the next six days we steadily advanced, through a wonderfully beautiful region, a very paradise for a naturalist, and where we might have collected gorgeously plumaged birds by the thousand and insects galore. Through Forest and Stream The Quest of the Quetzal Neither spoke, but stood gazing up through the elm boughs, their thoughts far away in Northern India, dwelling upon active monkeys, peacocks and other gorgeously plumaged birds, tigers haunting nullahs and crouching among the reeds. Glyn Severn's Schooldays The deer were missed; but a couple of bush turkey were soon after secured, and followed by the successful stalk of a wire-tailed bird of Paradise and a couple of gorgeously plumaged paroquets. Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track These latter were beautifully plumaged, Fritz thought, the wings and body being delicately harmonised in white and pale grey, while tiny black heads and red beaks and feet, further improved their dainty appearance. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes Love is the best; let go the rest, But hold him by the wing Until he's plumaged for the test— Then let him soar and sing. The Village Wife's Lament Brightly plumaged birds were flitting about among the branches of giant trees, and keeping up a perpetual chorus of song. A Honeymoon in Space The loveliest women, whether the grey ladies of the "Society of Friends" or the brightly plumaged birds of the gayer world, smiled their sweetest upon him. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe They had had a good day's sport; few arrows remained in their quivers, and the attendants carried bunches of gay plumaged birds and several small animals, among them a pretty little fawn. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors He is drily humorous as he shows us some plumaged General peacocking on foot, or swelling with Napoleonic pride as he caracoles by on his horse. Promenades of an Impressionist Monkeys scampered about the deserted ruins, and gaily plumaged birds flitted in and out among the columns and the galleries far above; but no sign of human presence was discernible. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar Beneath the odorous shade of these magnificent trees fluttered and warbled a little world of brilliantly plumaged birds. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon Brilliantly plumaged birds with raucous voices darted from tree to tree. Jungle Tales of Tarzan Madame would then flutter over the bridal breakfasters as a delicate plumaged bird hovers over a mass of stuff out of which it hopes to make a respectable meal. In and out of Three Normady Inns That brightly plumaged fantasy has an aerial wit and colour all its own. Lysistrata One member of the great "sea-cucumber," or BÊCHE-DE-MER, family is especially noticeable because it is decorated with colours of which a gaily plumaged bird might be envious, though it has no other claim to comeliness. My Tropic Isle There is both the Leghorn and the Spanish Runt, variously plumaged; but when red, white, or black mottled, are most highly esteemed. The Book of Household Management At their feet, beyond the veranda, was a garden joyously brilliant, and bright- plumaged birds flitted here and there. Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 02 These latter are the most beautiful plumaged birds I ever saw belonging to the duck tribe, and, when young, are very good eating, quite as delicate as the famous canvas-back. Station Life in New Zealand Gayly plumaged birds flew twittering above us, and Fritz and I gazed up at them. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3 He liked to think of her as a bright plumaged bird, not as sombre- hued and wearing the habiliments which come only from some grave. Darkness and Daylight A thousand gaily plumaged birds flew twittering above us, and Fritz and I gazed up at them. Swiss Family Robinson The sun shone softly through the overhanging trees, the river banks were gay with flowers, and bright plumaged birds flashed through the sunlight. This Country of Ours It is said that the traffic in the skins of our brighter plumaged birds, arising from their use by the milliners, reaches to hundreds of thousands annually. Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers Song, of male birds appreciated by their females; want of, in brilliant plumaged birds; of birds. The Descent of Man As the gaily plumaged creature fluttered to earth its companions and the little monkeys set up a most terrific chorus of wails and screaming protests. Tarzan the Untamed A subdued roaring sound became audible; and this was occasioned by the gas fire, burning behind the Japanese screen on which gaily plumaged birds sported in the branches of golden palms. Dope |
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