 Hawks and crows, the bald eagle, and the great black eagle, all equally dread a rencounter with this dauntless little champion, who, as soon as he perceives one of these last approaching, launches into the air to meet him, mounts to a considerable height...  An Outline of the Smaller British Birds - Page 39by Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1833 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - Birds - 1828 - 464 pages
...conqueror. Hawks and Crows, the Bald Eagle, and the grteat Black Eagle, all equally dread a recontre with this dauntless little champion, who, as soon...fixing there to the great annoyance of his sovereign, who, if no convenient, retreat or resting place be near, endeavours by various evolutions to rid himself... | |
 | Scotland - 1826 - 1004 pages
...this dauntless little champion, who, as soon as he perceives one -of these last approaching, launches into the air to meet him, mounts to a considerable...fixing there to the great annoyance of his sovereign, who, if no convenient retreat or resting-place be near, endeavours by various evolutions to rid himself... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - Birds - 1831 - 372 pages
...conqueror. Hawks and crows, the bald eagle, and the great black eagle, all equally dread a rencounter with this dauntless little champion, who, as soon...fixing there to the great annoyance of his sovereign, who, if no convenient retreat or resting place be near, endeavours by various evolutions to rid himself... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 522 pages
...with this merciless champion, who, as soon as he perceives one of these last approaching, launches into the air to meet him, mounts to a considerable...fixing there to the great annoyance of his sovereign, who, if no convenient retreat be near, endeavours by various evolutions, to rid himself of his merciless... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - Birds - 1831 - 380 pages
...evolutions to rid himself of his merciless adversary. But the king bird is not so easily dismounted. He teases the eagle incessantly, sweeps upon him from...descend on his back with the greater violence ; all the while keeping up a shrill and rapid twittering; and continuing the attack sometimes for more than a... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - Birds - 1832 - 576 pages
...conqueror. Hawks and Crows, the Bald Eagle, and the Great Black Eagle, all equally dread a rencounter with this dauntless little champion, who, as soon...fixing there to the great annoyance of his sovereign, who, if no convenient retreat or resting place be near, endeavours by various evolutions to rid himself... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...this dauntless little champion, who, as soon as he perceives one of these last approaching, launches into the air to meet him, mounts to a considerable...fixing there, to the great annoyance of his sovereign, who, if no convenient retreat or resting-place be near, endeavours by various evolutions to rid himself... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - United States - 1839 - 934 pages
...with this merciless champion, who, as soon as he perceives one of these last approaching, launches into the air to meet him, mounts to a considerable...fixing there to the great annoyance of his sovereign, who, if no convenient retreat be near, endeavors by various evolutions to rid himself of his merciless... | |
 | 1840 - 494 pages
...this dauntless little champion, who, as soon as he perceives one of these last approaching, launches into the air to meet him, mounts to a considerable...the eagle incessantly, sweeps upon him from right to left, remounts, that he may descend on his back with the greater violence, all the time keeping... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - Science - 1855 - 564 pages
...this dauntless little champion, who, as soon as he perceives one of these last approaching, launches into the air to meet him, mounts to a considerable...fixing there, to the great annoyance of his sovereign, who, if no convenient retreat or resting-place be near, endeavours, by various evolutions, to rid himself... | |
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