A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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... Hence that serene delight that comes chiefly from the exercise of the imagination and the moral sentiments can be felt only by persons of superior and peculiar refinement of mind . The ignorant and rude are dazzled and delighted by the ...
... Hence that serene delight that comes chiefly from the exercise of the imagination and the moral sentiments can be felt only by persons of superior and peculiar refinement of mind . The ignorant and rude are dazzled and delighted by the ...
Page 11
... Hence we may explain the fact , which often excites surprise , that more singing - birds are seen in the suburbs of a great city than in the deep forest , where , even in the vocal season , the silence is sometimes melancholy . The ...
... Hence we may explain the fact , which often excites surprise , that more singing - birds are seen in the suburbs of a great city than in the deep forest , where , even in the vocal season , the silence is sometimes melancholy . The ...
Page 17
... Hence is derived the name it bears , from its evening hymn , or vespers . There are particular states of the weather that call out the songsters of this species and make them tuneful , as when rain is suddenly followed by sunshine , or ...
... Hence is derived the name it bears , from its evening hymn , or vespers . There are particular states of the weather that call out the songsters of this species and make them tuneful , as when rain is suddenly followed by sunshine , or ...
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... Hence he is as often heard in the elms in the city as in the country . He sings according to no rules , at no particular hour of the day , with but little regard to sea- son , and utters notes that are wholly wanting in precision . His ...
... Hence he is as often heard in the elms in the city as in the country . He sings according to no rules , at no particular hour of the day , with but little regard to sea- son , and utters notes that are wholly wanting in precision . His ...
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... Hence , when an old bird from our fields . is caught and caged during the breeding - season , he will continue his tunefulness long after all others of the same species have become silent . The Bobolink in a state of freedom will not ...
... Hence , when an old bird from our fields . is caught and caged during the breeding - season , he will continue his tunefulness long after all others of the same species have become silent . The Bobolink in a state of freedom will not ...
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