 | Fashion - 740 pages
...devoirs to these charming blossoms. On the morning to which I allude, another came, and the manceuvresof these two tiny creatures became highly interesting....grasped the beak of the other, and thus fastened both twirled round and round in their perpendicular descent, the point of contact being the centre of the... | |
 | 1851 - 706 pages
...devoirs to these charming blossoms. On the morning to which I allude, another came, and the manœuvres of these two tiny creatures became highly interesting....grasped the beak of the other, and thus fastened both twirled round and round in their perpendicular descent, the point of contact being the centre of the... | |
 | Literature - 1865 - 740 pages
...devoirs to these charming blossoms. On the morning to which I allude, another came, and the manoeuvresof these two tiny creatures became highly interesting....grasped the beak of the other, and thus fastened both twirled ronnd and round in their perpendicular descent, the point of contact being the centre of the... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - Hummingbirds - 1856 - 108 pages
...earth. It was some time before I could see with any distinctness what took place in these tussels; their twirlings were so rapid as to baffle all attempts...pretty close to me, and I perceived that the beak of one grasped the beak of the other, and thus fastened, both 'whirled round and round in their perpendicular... | |
 | 1008 pages
...description ; but at length an encounter took place near enough for observation, and it was aeenTthat " the beak of the one grasped the beak of the other, and, thns fastened, both whirled round and round in their perpendicular descent, the point of contact being... | |
 | Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 402 pages
...discrimination. At length an encounter took place pretty close to me, and I perA COMBAT. 291 ceived that the beak of the one grasped the beak of the other, and thus fastened both twirled round and round in their perpendicular descent, the point of contact being the centre of the... | |
 | Science - 1874 - 806 pages
...rustling of their wings, they would twirl together round and round, until they nearly came to earth. At length an encounter took place pretty close to...whirled round and round in their perpendicular descent, till, when very near the ground, they separated ; and the one chased the other for about a hundred... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1891 - 1220 pages
...with any distinctness, what took place in these tussles ; their twirliugs were so rapid as to balllu all attempts at discrimination. At length an encounter...perpendicular descent, the point of contact being the center of the gyrations, till, when another second would have brojght them both on the ground, they... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1891 - 1194 pages
...time before I could see, with auy distinctness, what took place in these tussles ; their twirliugs were so rapid as to baffle all attempts at discrimination....close to me, and I perceived that the beak of the ono grasped the beak of the other, and thus fastened both whirled round and round in their perpendicular... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1891 - 1216 pages
...with any distinctness, what took place in these tussles; their twirlings were so rapid as to bafflu all attempts at discrimination. At length an encounter...close to me, and I perceived that the beak of the ouo grasped the boak of the other, and thus fastened both whirled round and round in their perpendicular... | |
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They chased each other through the labyrinth of twigs and flowers, till an opportunity occurring, the one would dart with seeming fury upon the other, and then with a loud rustling of their wings, they would twirl together, round and round, until they... 