 Grakles, and Red-winged Blackbirds, congregate in large flights, he is often observed hovering in their rear, or on their flanks, picking up the weak, the wounded or stragglers ; and frequently making a sudden and fatal sweep into the very midst of their...  Diseases and Enemies of Poultry - Sivu 210tekijä(t) Leonard Pearson, Benjamin Harry Warren - 1897 - 866 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 442 sivua
...south early in November. Small birds and mice are his principal food. When the Reedbirds, Grakles, and Red-winged Blackbirds, congregate in large flights,...their multitudes. The flocks of robins and pigeons are honoured with the same attentions from this marauder; whose daily excursions are entirely regulated... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 426 sivua
...south early in November. Small birds and mice are his principal food. When the reed-birds, grakles, and red-winged blackbirds congregate in large flights,...their multitudes. The flocks of robins and pigeons are honoured with the same attentions from this marauder, whose daily excursions are entirely regulated... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 sivua
...large flights, he is often observed following in their rear, picking up the weak, the wounded, or the stragglers ; and frequently making a sudden and fatal...their multitudes. The flocks of robins and pigeons are honoured with the same attentions from this marauder, whose daily excursions are entirely regulated... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 sivua
...south early in November. Small birds and mice are his principal food. When the Reed Birds, Grakles, and Red-winged Blackbirds congregate in large flights,...their multitudes. The flocks of Robins and Pigeons are honoured with the same attentions from this marauder, whose daily excursions are entirely regulated... | |
 | 1834 - 700 sivua
...large flights, he is often observed following in their rear, picking up the weak, the wounded, or the stragglers ; and frequently making a sudden and fatal...pigeons are honored with the same attentions from this ma/auder, whose daily excursions are entirely regulated by the movements of the great body, on whose... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 sivua
...toward autumn, the reed-birds, grackles, and red-winged blackbirds congregate in large flights, it is often observed hovering in their rear, or on their...honored with the same attentions from this marauder, whose daily excursions are entirely regulated by the movements of the flocks on whose unfortunate members... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - 758 sivua
...toward autumn, the reed-birds, grackles, and red-winged blackbirds congregate in large flights, it is often observed hovering in their rear, or on their...multitudes. The flocks of robins and pigeons are honored VOL. II.— 4 with the same attentions from this marauder, whose daily excursions are entirely regulated... | |
 | Albert Kenrick Fisher - 1893 - 324 sivua
...Gala., Land Birds, 1870, p. 461.) Wilson sums up its food as follows: "When the reedbirds, grakles, and red-winged blackbirds congregate in large flights,...from this marauder." (Am. Ornithology, vol I, 1831, pp. 01, 62.) Audubon speaks of its food as follows: "It seizes the Red-breasted Thrush, the Wild Pigeon,... | |
 | 1893 - 320 sivua
...Cala., Land Birds, 1870, p. 461.) Wilson sums up its food as follows: "When the reedbirds, grakles, and red-winged blackbirds congregate in large flights,...attentions from this marauder." (Am. Ornithology, vol 1, 1831, pp. 61, 62.) Audubon speaks of its food as follows: "It seizes the Red-breasted Thrush, the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Dept. of Agriculture - 1897 - 1104 sivua
...are not the young of the larger ones, and should rather be encouraged than dostroyed. (Ornlth. Cala., Land Birds, 1870, p. 461.) Wilson sums up its food...marauder." (Am. Ornithology, Vol. I, 1831, p. 61, 62.) Audubnu speaks of its food as follows: "It seizes the redbreaated thrush, the wild pigeon, and even... | |
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