In vultures, the head and neck are bare, the beak is long and curved at the tip, legs are powerful,…
Birds of prey usually have stout, hooked beaks and sharp, curved claws, fitting them for clutching and…
Horseshoe crabs represent an order called Xiphosura, from the fact that the end of the abdomen is furnished…
Birds of Paradise are allied to the crows and found mainly in New Guinea. The king bird has beautiful…
Diana was a goddess of the Romans. She was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin sister of Apollo, and…
Arthur is about to be slain by the great Knight Pellinore but as he raises his sword against Arthur,…
Headquarters of General Freemont, Jefferson City, Missouri, October 1, 1861. Jefferson City is on the…
"Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, born in Bucks County, Pa., in 1842, died near King and Queen's Courthouse,…
"King mackeral is also called kingfish. It is distinguished from other mackeral by weught, by its bluer…
"The Masquerade of War. Ingenious method of disguising the masts and hulls of Commodore Porter's morter…
Sing a Song of Sixpence. The king was in his counting-house, counting out his money.
"General King, born in New York city, January 26th, 1814, died there, October 13th, 1876, was graduated…
"Presentation of colors to the Twentieth United States [African American] Infantry, Colonel Bartram,…
In the land of giants, Gulliver is carried in a box by his master on a market-day to a neighboring town.
After arriving at the King of Brobdingnag's court, Gulliver is analyzed by three of the King's scholars.
Gulliver sitting in a chair, having a conversation with the King of Brobdingnag.
Also known as the American harrier, the marsh hawk (C. Hudsonius) is nineteen to twenty-one…
Genus sarcoramphus, a large vulture found in the tropical regions of the Americas, sometimes…
Found throughout Middle Europe, the European Kingfisher is a solitary bird that inhabits wet areas,…
Native to Australia, this is known to natives of New South Wales as waw-gul-jelly. It is shy…
"The funeral cortege, at boston, Mass., of the Sixth Massachusetts soldiers killed at Baltimore. The…
An impressive South American species of fly-catcher, with a transverse crest of reddish-fawn feathers.
"King George III, king of England during the old Confederation."—E. Benjamin Andrews, 1895
"Benjamin Franklin managed men, the whilom printer, king's postmaster-general for America, discoverer,…
Fort Miller fording-place. This was the crossing-place for the armies; and there are still to be seen…
Found in the Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America, the king duck strongly resembles the…
Also known as the pantagonian penguin, the king penguin is found in the far southern latitudes of South…
Caughnawaga church. This old church, now (1848) known as the Fonda Academy, under the management…