 | Philip Lutley Sclater - 1889 - 302 pages
...when the bird is flying the tail, spread out like a fan, forms a conspicuous and beautiful object. sheltered from the wind, the birds crowding close...roosting perched on the backs of their fellows. I have frequently seen them roosting three deep, one or two birds at the top to crown the pyramid ; but... | |
 | Philip Lutley Sclater - 1889 - 312 pages
...the flock, usually com posed of from a dozen to twenty individuals, gathers on the thick horizontal branch of a tree sheltered from the wind, the birds...roosting perched on the backs of their fellows. I have frequently seen them roosting three deep, one or two birds at the top to crown the pyramid ; but... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1920 - 282 pages
...the flock, usually composed of from a dozen to twenty individuals, gathers on the thick horizontal branch of a tree sheltered from the wind, the birds...roosting perched on the backs of their fellows. I have frequently seen them roosting three deep, one or two birds at the top to crown the pyramid ; but... | |
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I have frequently seen them roosting three deep, one or two birds at the top to crown the pyramid ; but with all their huddling together a severe frost is sure to prove fatal to one or more birds in the flock ; and sometimes several birds that have dropped... 