单词 | sheldrake |
例句 | The most common birds up these tidal rivers are the sheldrake. Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z Just above, at the foot of the trout pool, a brood of sheldrake were croaking and splashing about in the shallows. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z Here one day I saw about a dozen sheldrakes in the midst of an immense congregation of rooks, daws, and starlings feeding among some cows. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Quite the handsomest of the wildfowl on the marsh were a colony of sheldrakes which occupied a number of disused rabbit-burrows on a raised plateau overlooking the bay. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Paddling along the eastern side of the lake in the still of the morning, we soon saw a few sheldrakes, which the Indian called Shecorways, and some peetweets on the rocky shore. Canoeing in the wilderness 2011-01-19T03:00:23.683Z But during the summer months nothing remained except the geese and sheldrake and the goosander, which is resident in Tibet and the Himalayas. The Unveiling of Lhasa There are such a multitude of swans, geese, brants, sheldrakes, ducks of several sorts, mallard, teal, blewings, and many other kinds of water fowl, that the plenty of them is incredible. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts The tame bird is no bigger than a domestic duck; the wild sheldrake, flying about in the strong sunshine, looks almost as large as a goose. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The mud flats were dotted with hundreds of ruddy sheldrakes, their beautiful bodies glowing red and gold in the sunlight. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The sheldrake ducks also have a fleshy growth on the bill. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The ruddy sheldrake, or Brahminy, is found all over Tibet, and will be associated with the memory of nearly every march and camping-ground. The Unveiling of Lhasa But as she fell into the water she became a sheldrake duck.” The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology In the case of the sheldrake, the exaggerated size may be an effect of strong sunlight on a flying white object. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z We often hunted for the eggs of both the sheldrakes and lapwings. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Herds of wild ponies dot the hills, and black duck and sheldrakes are heading their young broods on the mirror-like ponds. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Or that I can dive down at one side of a Highland loch and come up at the other like a sheldrake? Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North The sheldrake does not heed his mate Who calls behind the lotus-leaf; He drops the lily from his bill And turns on you a glance of grief. Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works When the tide has covered their feeding-ground on the coast, the sheldrakes are accustomed to visit the low green pasture-lands, and may be seen in small flocks feeding like geese on the clover and grass. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Ruddy sheldrakes, mallards, shoveler ducks, and teal were in even the smallest ponds and avocets with sky-blue legs and slender recurved bills ran along the shores of a lake at which we stopped for tiffin. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' High above the rain goose shrieked its melancholy cry, and the sea mews and sheldrakes, even the shear waters and bonxies, flew landward to the shelter of the cliffs. The Pilots of Pomona There were several species of land birds; and the aquatic fowl were ducks, teal, and the sheldrake. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 There are no cranes or sheldrakes and, except for a few flocks of mallards which feed in the rice fields, we saw no other ducks or geese. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China It was a curious gathering, and the red Devons, shining white sheldrakes, and black rooks on the bright green grass, produced a singular effect. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z The sheldrakes glowed like molten gold when the sun found them in the grass, and we could not have killed the beautiful birds even had we needed them for food. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' This little comedy over, I visited the water-fowl, ducks of many kinds, sheldrakes, geese from many lands, swans black, and swans white. Birds in Town and Village We saw a few wood-ducks, sheldrakes, and black ducks, but they were not so numerous there at that season as on our river at home. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 Even herons, so abundant in the north, were conspicuous by their absence and we saw no sheldrakes, geese, or mallards. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China But as she fell into the water she became a sheldrake duck. Algonquin Legends of New England A young emu was killed with the assistance of Spring; and a sheldrake was shot by Brown. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 And the sheldrake eats a dozen fish to his one. Secret of the Woods Mallards were frequently to be found with the sheldrakes, and we had good shooting along the river and in ponds and rice fields. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China The mergansers have narrow, hooked, saw-toothed beaks quite unlike those of the sheldrakes, and their habits are entirely dissimilar. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China Some sheldrakes and wallabies were seen, and a bustard was shot by Charley: large fish were splashing in the water. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Swarms of sheldrakes were perching in the trees, and, as we approached, they rose with a loud noise, flying up and down the lagoon, and circling in the air around us. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Whereupon Koskomenos swept away to his watchtower above the minnow pool, and the hawk set his wings toward the outlet, where a brood of young sheldrakes were taking their first lessons in the open water. Secret of the Woods The male sheldrakes meanwhile are far away, fishing on their own waters. Secret of the Woods In America the name "sheldrake" is applied erroneously to the fish-eating mergansers, and much confusion has thus arisen, for the two are quite unrelated and belong to perfectly distinct groups. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China |
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