The hornbill family are remarkable for the very large size of the beak, and the large protuberance that…
The quail has a small beak, a short back toe inserted high up, tarsi furnished with a rudimentary spur…
The pheasant prefers wooded slopes or marshy plains. They eat grain, berries, worms and insects.
The pheasant prefers wooded slopes or marshy plains. They eat grain, berries, worms and insects.
Naturally very gentle, they readily yield to captivity, when they become familiar, and evince pleasure…
The hornbill family are remarkable for the very large size of the beak, and the large protuberance that…
An instrument having an upright triangular frame consisting of a pillar, a curved neck, and a hollow…
Enriches the piano with special effects, but necessarily deprives the player of the use of the ordinary…
By adapting a key-board to a carillon we obtain an instrument more convenient for use; and besides,…
A musical instrument with a keyboard and metal plates struck by hammers that produce bell-like tones.
A barge board is nailed against the outer face of a wall, along the slopes of a gable end of a house…
"Burning of the American merchantman "Harvey Birch," of New York, Captain Nelson, in the British Channel,…
"Bombardment of Island No. 10 and the fortifications opposite, on the Kentucky Shore, by the Federal…
"First naval battle in Hampton Roads between the Confederate iron-plated steamers Merrimac, Yorktown,…
"Burning of the White House- the Federal troops, by command of General McClellan, abandoning their position…
"Camp Dennison, sixteen miles above Cincinnati, on the banks of the Miami River, General Cox commanding-…
"The pointer is the off-spring of the fox-hound and spaniel, and presents a remarkable instance of a…
"The departure of Colonel Ellsworth's Zouaves from New york, escorted by the fire department- the regiment…
"Successful attack of a detachment of the Federal forces, under General Stevens, supported by four gunboats…
"Destruction of the famous Confederate privateer Nashville, in the Ogeechee River, Ga., by…
"The Confederate privateer steamer Alabama (290). Captain Raphael Semmes. Our illustration…
"Admiral Farragut, born at Campbell's Station, near Knoxville, Tenn., July 5th, 1801, died in Portsmouth,…
"Rear Admiral Wilkes, born in New York city, April 3rd, 1798, died in Washington, D. C., February 8th,…
"Lieutenant J. H. Raymond capturing the Confederate flag from the burning Confederate steamer Fanny,…
"Presentation of colors to the Twentieth United States [African American] Infantry, Colonel Bartram,…
"The war in Virginia. Explosion of a torpedo under the Commodore Barney, on James River, August…
In Lilliput there is a ceremony which is performed in the majesty's great chamber of state, where candidates…
As Gulliver rows in the miniature boat made for him by the Queen of Brobdingnag, a giant frog leaps…
"The attack upon the batteries at the entrance of Acquia Creek, Potomac River, by the United States…
The magpie builds its nest in a high tree or a lofty hedge. It is omnivorous, but prefers meat, such…
"Terrible effect of a discharge of grape from Fort Jackson on the Federal gunboat Iroquois,…
Cape Diamond, this is a view of the spot where Montgomery was killed. The cliff is Cape Diamond, crowned…
The common pheasant of Europe is prized as a game bird, and prefers to make its home in marshes, thickets,…
"The Old South. This venerable and venerated edifice, that stood through all the storms of the Revolution,…
"Burning of the White House- the Federal troops, by command of General McClellan, abandoning their position…