She is feeding the parrot, but obviously takes no interest in it--not even troubling indeed to look at it.
St. John had, it is said, a tame partridge, which he cherished much, and amused himself with feeding and tending.
A man was feeding with breadcrumbs a wood pigeon at his feet.
Merriam, "we once saw a song sparrow on a lawn feeding a cowbird bigger than she.
He was quite independent as to feeding himself when Robert first began to pick up cracker crumbs.
Sam'l began to smile at it as he turned down the school-wynd, and it came upon Henders while he was in his garden feeding his ferret.
There was a deep morning fog on grass and gravestane around him, and his horse was feeding quietly beside the minister's twa cows.
Now there was on the tops of these Mountains, Shepherds feeding their flocks, and they stood by the high-way side.
There, a lame ostler crawls about with his hands thrust into the capacious pockets of his jacket, feeding on memory.
Thus the doctor walked about his room, much disturbed; now accusing himself for having been so angry with Lady Arabella, and thenfeeding his own anger by thinking of her misconduct.
Were it not for that, you might be working in this working world--touching the very kernel and core of life, instead of thus feeding on its shell.
They were feeding on the masses of pollen, which were as large as a thick kidney bean, and occupied nearly half the cell.
White-faced wasp," is our largest species, are now completing their nests, and feeding their young with flies.
The figure represents two separate broods of caterpillars feeding on either side of the midrib of the leaf.
The larva hibernates through the winter, and may be found early in spring feedingon the leaves of the aster, the Viburnum dentatum and hazel.
This patriotic and energetic man, when public means failed, pledged his own credit in transporting military stores and feeding the army.
It was more elevated than any other part of the swamp, and capable of feeding canals, by which the whole might be traversed.
In early May they drew up their canoes for the night at the mouth of a bold, beautiful stream, and in the abundant timber found feeding on the young willows so many clumsy porcupines that they called it Porcupine River.
In the upper region they live chiefly on the acid and astringent berries of the guayavita, under which trees I have seen these lizards and the huge tortoises feeding together.
When feeding they walk rather slowly, with their legs wide apart.
The number, tameness, and disgusting habits of the carrion-feeding hawks of South America make them pre-eminently striking to any one accustomed only to the birds of Northern Europe.
Its manner of feeding and its general habits are very similar to those of the cheucau.
In a like manner it might be fancied that a bird originally a buzzard, had been induced here to undertake the office of the carrion-feeding Polybori of the American continent.
Some specimens which I obtained at Van Dieman's Land, I kept alive for nearly two months, feeding them on rotten wood.
They brought food with them, but at all our meals sat watching Mr. King and myself whilst eating, till we were fairly shamed into feeding the whole party.
The young tortoises, as soon as they are hatched, fall a prey in great numbers to the carrion- feeding buzzard.
Humming-birds may be seen sucking the flowers, and parrots feeding on the seeds of the Winter's Bark, in lat.
We find it helps to counteract the effects of over-feeding on the digestion.
If she escaped the madhouse, the gaol and forcible feeding would be always ready.
Some were suspicious that Nestie had been feeding their curiosity with highly spiced meat, but others were inclined to believe anything of Bulldog's household arrangements.
Chamois are gregarious, living in herds of 15 or 20, and feeding generally in the morning or evening.
As they grow, the larvae become strongly flexed towards the ventral surface, and lie curled up in their earthen cells, feeding on roots.
High feeding usually implies deep drinking, and one may suppose that a wine so highly esteemed at Court as Champagne was not neglected by the royal gourmand.
After feeding their animals, the Mexicans had made no further halt; but had taken the road again--as if pressed for time.
This was in part due to birth control such as coitus-interruptus, long breast-feeding of a current child and/or the taboo against sex if the wife was still breast-feeding.
It was then I said to myself, ‘Jouaneaux, these be angels of pity and patience, yet they soil their hands feeding pigs and bearing up such as thou.
They left their craft thus until late afternoon, while they staid cautiously underground, feeding the little fire with slab chips from Jouaneaux’s barn, and exchanging low-voiced chat.
Newspapers feed a passion I have for giving my opinion; therefore, as we have no right to judge and have nothing to do with this world (of which we are not), this feeding must be cut short.
Moving on I saw to my satisfaction that it was one of a herd of tame cattle feeding at the bottom of the hollow.
I then recollected that an Indian was much more likely to carry off our horses, and looking round I saw them feeding quietly at the spot where they had been left.
As we drove along we occasionally started a herd of deer feeding on the rich grass in the forest-glades.
We had not got more than half a mile into the wood, when we caught sight of a dozen or more wapiti feeding in a large glade.
The fort was, however, provisioned only for its proper garrison, and as the stores we had brought were nearly exhausted, a difficulty arose about feeding so many additional mouths.
They had been feeding on the body of Dio's horse, utterly indifferent to the venom with which the flesh was impregnated.
Thrushes were singing; cattle feeding among green-grown hillocks about the ruins.
Afterwards on my way to Ambleside, beside the bridge at Rydale, I saw her husband sitting by the roadside, his two asses feeding beside him, and the two young children at play upon the grass.
Returned to the turnpike house, a cold spot upon a common, black cattle feeding close to the door.
We were told we should not fail to meet with a number of bears feeding upon those berries; but that the weather being showery, was unfavourable for us.
Bees manifest the greatest reluctance in leaving the drawer, when young brood are removed in it, which never occurs, except in such drawers as have been used for feeding in the winter or early in the spring.
If feeding is neglected until cold weather the bees must be removed to a warm room, or dry cellar, and then they will carry up their food, generally, no faster than they consume it.
Combs are rendered useless by being filled up with old bread, which is never used except for feeding young bees.
