...natural history. White of Selbourne describes the various flight of birds in the following manner: — " Swallows sweep over the surface of the ground and water, and distinguish themselves by quick evolutions ; the king-fisher darts along like an arrow; sky-larks rise and fall perpendicularly...

...wounded and dying bird ; the king-fisher darts along like an arrow ; fern-owls, or goal-suckers, glance in the dusk over the tops of trees like a meteor ;...evolutions; swifts dash round in circles; and the bankmartin moves with frequent vacillations like a butterfly. Most of the small birds fly by jerks,...

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...dusk over the tops of trees like a meteor ; starlings, as it were, swim along ; while missel thrushes use a wild and desultory flight ; swallows sweep over...evolutions ; swifts dash round in circles ; and the bank-martin moves with frequent vacillations, like a butterfly. Most of the small birds fly by jerks,...

...wounded and dying bird ; the king-ßshcr darts along like an arrow ; fern-omit, or goal-suckers, glance in the dusk over the tops of trees like a meteor ;...while missel-thrushes use a wild and desultory flight ; twalloai sweep over the surface of the ground and water, and distinguish themselves by rapid turns...

...wounded and dying bird; the kingfisher darts along like an arrow ; fern owls, or goatsuckers, glance in the dusk over the tops of trees like a meteor; starlings, as it were, swim along; while missel thrushes use a wild and desultory flight; swallows sweep over the surface of the ground and...

...bird; the Kingfisher darts along like an arrow; Goatsuckers glance in the dusk over the tops of the trees like a meteor: Starlings as it were swim along,...evolutions; Swifts dash round in circles ; and the Bankmartin moves with frequent vacillations like a butterfly. Most of the small birds fly by jerks,...

...wounded and dying bird ; the king-fisher darts along like an arrow ; fern-owls, or goat-suckers, glance in the dusk over the tops of trees like a meteor;...evolutions ; swifts dash round in circles ; and the bank-martin moves with frequent vacillations like a butterfly. Most of the small birds fly by jerks,...

...wounded and dying bird ; the kingfisher darts along like an arrow ; fern-owls, or goatsuckers, glance in the dusk over the tops of trees like a meteor ;...evolutions; swifts dash round in circles; and the hank martin moves with frequent vacillations like a butterfly. Most of the small birds fly by jerks,...

...king-fisher darts along like a» arrow ; fern-owls, or goat-suckers, glance in the dust over the tow of trees like a meteor ; starlings, as it were, swim...while missel-thrushes use a wild and desultory flight ; swallow sweep over the surface of the ground and water, and distinguish themselves by rapid turns...