A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 69
... appearance once again for a few days , uttering the same merry notes with which they announced their arrival in May . But this renewal of their song is not continued many days . We seldom see them after the middle of August . They leave ...
... appearance once again for a few days , uttering the same merry notes with which they announced their arrival in May . But this renewal of their song is not continued many days . We seldom see them after the middle of August . They leave ...
Page 71
... appearance like a guest who comes only on feast - days , and , like a truant urchin , takest the fair products of the garden without leave of the owner , saying not even a grace over thy meals like the Preacher , but silently taking thy ...
... appearance like a guest who comes only on feast - days , and , like a truant urchin , takest the fair products of the garden without leave of the owner , saying not even a grace over thy meals like the Preacher , but silently taking thy ...
Page 80
... appearance of dawn , before the twilight has formed a complete semicir- cle above the eastern porch of heaven . The first note that proceeds from the little warbling host is the shrill chirp of the hair - bird , occasionally vocal at ...
... appearance of dawn , before the twilight has formed a complete semicir- cle above the eastern porch of heaven . The first note that proceeds from the little warbling host is the shrill chirp of the hair - bird , occasionally vocal at ...
Page 87
... One of the most charming appearances of the present month , to one who is accustomed to the minute obser- vation of Nature's works , is the flowering of the grasses . Though this extensive tribe of plants is remarkable in no JUNE . 87.
... One of the most charming appearances of the present month , to one who is accustomed to the minute obser- vation of Nature's works , is the flowering of the grasses . Though this extensive tribe of plants is remarkable in no JUNE . 87.
Page 96
... appearance and habits are well adapted to render him conspicuous , and to cause him to be known and remembered , while the Wood - Sparrow and the Veery might remain unobserved . Our birds are like our men of genius . " As in the lit ...
... appearance and habits are well adapted to render him conspicuous , and to cause him to be known and remembered , while the Wood - Sparrow and the Veery might remain unobserved . Our birds are like our men of genius . " As in the lit ...
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