A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1881 - 318 pages |
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Page 11
... feeling of dependence on the protection of man , but from the greater supply of insect food caused by the tilling of the ground . It is well known that the labors of the farmer cause an excessive multipli- cation of all those insects ...
... feeling of dependence on the protection of man , but from the greater supply of insect food caused by the tilling of the ground . It is well known that the labors of the farmer cause an excessive multipli- cation of all those insects ...
Page 32
... any season carries us equally onward in our mortal progress , we cannot avoid the feeling that the lapse of winter is our gain as that of summer was our loss . And surely , of these two reflections , the one that deceives is better than.
... any season carries us equally onward in our mortal progress , we cannot avoid the feeling that the lapse of winter is our gain as that of summer was our loss . And surely , of these two reflections , the one that deceives is better than.
Page 33
... feel younger . Spring , the true season of hopefulness and action , is unfavorable to thought . So many delightful objects are constantly inviting us to pleasure , that we are tempted to neglect our serious pursuits , and we feel too ...
... feel younger . Spring , the true season of hopefulness and action , is unfavorable to thought . So many delightful objects are constantly inviting us to pleasure , that we are tempted to neglect our serious pursuits , and we feel too ...
Page 35
... feel like one who is lost and wandering in space . It can revel only in gardens where the sweet- scented flowers of another clime spread abroad a perfume that is but a false signal of the weather of its adopted climate . The odors that ...
... feel like one who is lost and wandering in space . It can revel only in gardens where the sweet- scented flowers of another clime spread abroad a perfume that is but a false signal of the weather of its adopted climate . The odors that ...
Page 79
... feel on rising from our beds is grad- ually dispelled by the clear and healthful breezes of early day , and we soon experience an unusual amount of vigor and elasticity . Nature has so ordered her bounties and her blessings as to cause ...
... feel on rising from our beds is grad- ually dispelled by the clear and healthful breezes of early day , and we soon experience an unusual amount of vigor and elasticity . Nature has so ordered her bounties and her blessings as to cause ...
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Page 43 - Phew, shew, Wadolincon, see, see, Bobolincon, Down among the tickletops, hiding in the buttercups ! I know the saucy chap, I see his shining cap Bobbing in the clover there, — see, see, see !" Up flies Bobolincon, perching on an apple-tree, Startled by his rival's song, quickened by his raillery. Soon he spies the rogue afloat...
Page 45 - Every one's a funny fellow; every one's a little mellow; Follow, follow, follow, follow, o'er the hill and in the hollow! Merrily, merrily, there they hie; now they rise and now they fly; They cross and turn, and in and out, and down in the middle, and wheel about, With a "Phew, shew, Wadolincon! listen to me, Bobolincon!
Page 213 - Already with thee ! tender is the night, And haply the Queen Moon is on her throne, Clustered around by all her starry fays ; But here there is no light, Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways.
Page 211 - it is stated, that " a cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in one day, and of course would require many more of a smaller size.
Page 43 - Every one's a funny fellow ; every one's a little mellow ; Follow, follow, follow, follow, o'er the hill and in the hollow! Merrily, merrily, there they hie; now they rise and now they fly; They cross and turn, and in and out, and down in the middle, and wheel about, — With a "Phew, shew, Wadolincon!
Page 229 - ... the beatings of their wings, as at this time the wings are not flapped, but are used in sailing swiftly in a circle, not many feet in diameter. A person might cause a sound somewhat similar, by blowing rapidly and alternately from one end to another across a set of small pipes consisting of two or three modulations. This performance is kept up till incubation terminates ; but I have never observed it at any other period.
Page 43 - FAMILY. A flock of merry singing-birds were sporting in the grove; Some were warbling cheerily, and some were making love: There were Bobolincon, Wadolincon, Winterseeble, Conquedle, — A livelier set was never led by tabor, pipe, or fiddle, — Crying, " Phew, shew, Wadolincon, see, see, Bobolincon, Down among the tickletops, hiding in the buttercups ! I know the saucy chap, I see his shining cap Bobbing in the clover there — see, see, see...
Page 27 - There are certain times of the day, as well as certain seasons of the year, when the birds are most musical. The grand concert of the feathered tribe takes place during the hour between dawn and sunrise. During the remainder of the day they sing less in Concert, though many species are very musical at noonday, and seem, like the nocturnal birds, to prefer the hour when others are silent. At sunset there is an apparent attempt to unite once more in chorus, but this is far from being so loud or so...
Page 45 - Oh, what a happy life they lead, over the hill and in the mead ! How they sing, and how they play ! See, they fly away, away ! Now they gambol o'er the clearing, — off again, and then appearing! Poised aloft on quivering wing, now they soar, and now they sing : — " We must all be merry and moving; we must all be happy and loving...
Page 313 - He is, besides, (though a little vain and silly, it is true, but not the worse emblem for that,) a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British guards, who should presume to invade his farmyard with a red coat on.