The Birds of the BibleJazzybee Verlag, 2017 M02 6 - 308 páginas Gene Stratton-Porter, the Indiana novelist and bird lover, offers the fruits of several years' loving labor in "Birds of the Bible”, a handsome volume. The riches of bird lore that Mrs. Porter has unearthed will surprise anyone who opens the book. "Birds of the Bible " is designed for all lovers of birds in general, and lovers of Bible birds and Bible poetry in particular. It contains every reference made to birds in the Bible: describes the location, and explains the characteristics of the bird. In this book, the author, one of the most successful writers of her days, both as a naturalist and a novelist, has made her greatest effort to do something worth while for the world, having given three years to the preparation of the text. |
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... QUAIL AND PARTRIDGE CHAPTER XII – THE BITTERN CHAPTER XIII – THE SWALLOW CHAPTER XIV – THE PEACOCK CHAPTER XV – THE STORK CHAPTER XVI – THE RAVEN CHAPTER XVII – THE PELICAN CHAPTER XVIII THE PIGEON CHAPTER XIX – THE CRANE CHAPTER XX ...
... quails were taken from the nest, raised by hand, and made very tame. These were then hidden in cages of wands, and when ... quail, sewing its eyelids together, and binding it in a good location for birds, so that its fluttering and cries ...
... quail, and all groundbuilders loving grassy shelter. In the wilderness and scattered all over the face of the country grew at least five acornbearing oaks, all of lower habit and more gnarled, twisted, and ragged branching than ours ...
... quail, and partridges. Each man had to be content with a very small space beside his home to supply his family in case of siege. In these gardens a few trees were planted, grape and melon vines; gourds were grown for shade, and spices ...
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