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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... SPARROW CHAPTER VIII – THE OSTRICH CHAPTER IX – THE COCK AND HEN CHAPTER X – THE HAWK CHAPTER XI – QUAIL AND PARTRIDGE CHAPTER XII – THE BITTERN CHAPTER XIII – THE SWALLOW CHAPTER XIV – THE PEACOCK CHAPTER XV – THE STORK CHAPTER XVI ...
... sparrows, which seemed to have been a common and constant practice; and it was He who entered the temple and "overthrew the seats of them that sold doves." Birds were so numerous in those lands in which Bible scenes were enacted that ...
... sparrows, doves, and jays, saucy then as now; robins, always loving fruit trees, and sweetvoiced chats. There is a beautiful legend of the robin. The bird was said to have been a uniform gray until it stained its breast carrying succor ...
... sparrows, 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 ...
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