His style of preaching is not declamation. Though constantly talking, he takes the part of a deliberative orator, who explains his subject in a few words and then makes a pause for his hearers to reflect upon it. We might suppose him to be repeating moderately,... A Year with the Birds - Page 40by Wilson Flagg - 1889 - 318 pagesFull view - About this book
| Wilson Flagg - 1890 - 328 pages
...noon, and 'taking their insect prey from the leaves and branches of the trees, or seizing it as it nits by their perch, and amusing themselves while thus...fervent, rapid, or fluent, but, like a true zealot, lie is apt to be tiresome, from the long continuance of his discourse. He pauses frequently in the... | |
| Frank Michler Chapman - 1895 - 502 pages
...Flagg's description of the Red-eye to my mind exactly reflects the character of the bird and its song : " The Preacher is more generally known by his note,...and with a pause, as if waiting for an answer." The YELLOW-GREEN VIREO (625. V.flavoviridis), a Mexican and Central American species, has been once recorded... | |
| Frank Michler Chapman - 1895 - 506 pages
...Plagg-s description of the Bed-eye to my mind exactly reflects the character of the bird and its song : " The Preacher is more generally known by his note,...and with a pause, as if waiting for an answer." The YELLOW-OREEN VIREO (625. V. flavovirldis), a Mexican and Central American species, has been once recorded... | |
| Frank Michler Chapman - 1895 - 498 pages
...Flagg's description of the Red-eye to my mind exactly reflects the character of the bird and its song : " The Preacher is more generally known by his note,...and with a pause, as if waiting for an answer." The YELLOW-GREEN VIREO (625. V.flavoviridie), a Mexican and Central American species, has been once recorded... | |
| Frank Michler Chapman - 1895 - 508 pages
...Plagg's description of the Red-eye to my mind exactly reflects the character of the bird and its song : " The Preacher is more generally known by his note,...at the close, and with a pause, as if waiting for nn answer." The YELLOW-GREEN VIREO (655. V. flavovir idis), a Mexican and Central American species,... | |
| Frank Michler Chapman - 1895 - 508 pages
...in a few words and then makes a pause for his hearers to reflect upon it. We might suppose him to bo repeating moderately, with a pause between each sentence,...strains are . delivered with a rising inflection at the elose, and with a pause, as if waiting for an answer." The YELLOW-GREEN VIREO (625. V. flavomridis),... | |
| Charles Anthony Shriner - 1896 - 288 pages
...between each sentence, You see it ? — you know it f — do you hear me f — do you believe it f "All these strains are delivered with a rising inflection...close, and with a pause, as if waiting for an answer." l*treo, Solitary. See Blue-headed Vireo. ftreo, Warbling. — Length, five and four-fifths inches;... | |
| Charles Spooner Forbes, Charles R. Cummings - 1901 - 462 pages
...satisfactory. For instance, Mr. Flagg puts into the mouth of the red-eyed vireo a convincing formula: — "You see it? You know it? Do you hear me? Do you believe...close, and with a pause, as if waiting for an answer." By this description you could not fail to recognize your bird — even if he were picked. The crow-kind... | |
| Frank Michler Chapman - 1901 - 504 pages
...be repeating moderately, with a pause between each sentence, ' You see it — you know it — do yon hear me? — do you believe it?' All these strains...and with a pause, as if waiting for an answer." The YELLOW-OREEN VIBKO (625. V.flavoviridis), a Mexican and Central American species, has been once recorded... | |
| Albert Field Gilmore - 1910 - 284 pages
...Its song has been described by Wilson Flagg as follows : " His style of preaching is not declamation. We might suppose him to be repeating moderately, with...and with a pause, as if waiting for an answer." The peculiar style of his song has led to his being called the Preacher Bird. Both sexes have the same... | |
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