...The only precaution to which the Ceylon diver devotedly resorts,is the mystic ceremony of the shark-charmer, whose exorcism is anindispensable preliminary to every fishery...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...RIBEYRO says that a diver could remain below whilst twocredos were being repeated: "Il s'y tient l'espace de deuxcredo...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...Thus the Little Crake is an expert swimmerand diver...
John Albert Leach 「An Australian Bird Book」
...145 Pied Cormorant, Black and White Shag, Diver (e),P...
John Albert Leach 「An Australian Bird Book」
...147 Australian Darter, Snake-bird, Diver (e), Shag (e),Plotus (Anhinga) novae-hollandiae, N...
John Albert Leach 「An Australian Bird Book」
...Thelimbs were probably two pairs of paddles, like thoseof Plesiosaurus, from which this diver chiefly differedin the arrangement of the bones of the breast...
W. E. Webb 「Buffalo Land」
...A hardy northern bird of wide geographical range, with considerablepower of flight, a skilful diver, and not particular as to diet,the Pochard is an abundant species...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...The name 'Loon,' given in some districts to the Crested Grebe, iselsewhere given to the Red-throated Diver...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...The strength of the wing must, however, be enormous, for the great northern diver is described as swimming under water "as it were with the velocity of an arrow in the air" (Yarrell, vol...
John Ruskin 「Love's Meinie」
...Some gulls, however, are ableto plunge farther below the surface thanothers, and the little kittiwake is perhaps themost expert diver of them all, though in nosense at home under water like the shag...
Frederick G. Aflalo 「Birds in the Calendar」
...The widgeon is but a poor diver, while the canvas-back is one of the very best...
Mayne Reid 「The Hunters' Feast」
...The moorhen, meanwhile,invariably escaped; yet Bob failed to understandthat he was the only diver in the pack...
Alfred W. Rees 「Creatures of the Night」
...It is an excellent swimmer and diver, and feeds on frogs and fish...
Samuel Griswold Goodrich 「Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom」
...Someonehas visited the Arethusa, since shesank, and looted her, and also arrangedso that any diver who got as far as thevault would never return to the surfaceto tell of it...
Various 「Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930」
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