...The wings are long and suited for an aeriallife; the legs are exceedingly short, and the feet are used for perchingonly, for this species never alights on the ground...
P. L. Sclater 「Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)」
...It always alights on thetrunk close to the ground, clinging to the bark in a vertical position,supported by the tail, and with head thrown far back in order to givefree play to the extremely long beak...
P. L. Sclater 「Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)」
...It runs gracefully before one, andwhen flushed rises with a whirring flight but soon alights,usually on the ground...
Frank M. Chapman 「What Bird is That?」
...) This flycatcher, which is very common aboutDarjeeling, often alights on the ground...
Douglas Dewar 「Birds of the Indian Hills」
...But,more often than not it starts from one branch, and, having securedits quarry, alights on another...
Douglas Dewar 「Birds of the Indian Hills」
..., but is less likely to attract notice than any ofthese, as it never alights on the ground, nor perches on the smalltwig of a tree...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...On the wing overhead, the loon looks not unlike a very large duck, but when it alights it ploughs into the water like a bombshell...
John Burroughs 「Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and, Other Papers」
...It is by means of these also that it teases us inthe heat of summer, when it alights on the hand or face to sip theperspiration as it exudes from, and is condensed upon, the skin...
Alpheus Spring Packard 「Our Common Insects」
...When it is done, the insect alights elsewhere and rests...
J. Henri Fabre Alexander Teixeira de Mattos 「The Life of the Fly」
...If the distance be less, a yard for instance, the Mason sooner or later alights on the stone which supports her abode...
J. Henri Fabre Alexander Teixeira de Mattos 「The Mason-bees」
...The home is found at last: the Halictus alights on the threshold of her abode and dives into it quickly...
J. Henri Fabre 「Bramble-bees and Others」
...I think large trout in clear, still pondseasily see the cast fly before it alights...
Charles Bradford 「The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout」
...As soon as the lamb appears the Raven alights on him, digs out his eyes, and devours them...
Frédéric Houssay 「The Industries of Animals」
...The headband of Līgī flies away without his knowledge and alights on the skirt of a girl who is bathing in the river...
Fay-Cooper Cole 「Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore」
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While Līgī is bathing in river his headband flies away and alights on the skirt of a maiden who is bathing further down stream...
Fay-Cooper Cole 「Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore」
...In splendour above them all the Sunattracted his attention and, directing his course towards the greatluminary of our system, he alights on the surface of the orb...
Thomas Orchard 「The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'」
...Then comes a rush of them following one another in wild bounds like antelopes, until one overjumps himself and alights on his head...
Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson 「Three Elephant Power」
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