A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 20
... flocks , but scattered in great numbers , and always , when flying from one field to another , uttering their singularly plaintive but cheerful cry . This is so sweetly modulated that , when many of them are assembled , the songs of ...
... flocks , but scattered in great numbers , and always , when flying from one field to another , uttering their singularly plaintive but cheerful cry . This is so sweetly modulated that , when many of them are assembled , the songs of ...
Page 21
... flocks , and in July will assemble together in con- siderable numbers on a particular tree , seemingly for no other purpose than to sing . These concerts are held by them on the forenoon of each day for a week or ten days , after which ...
... flocks , and in July will assemble together in con- siderable numbers on a particular tree , seemingly for no other purpose than to sing . These concerts are held by them on the forenoon of each day for a week or ten days , after which ...
Page 43
... flocks . They love the orchard and the mowing - field , and many are the nests which are exposed by the scythe of the haymaker when performing his task early in the season . THE O'LINCON FAMILY . A flock of merry singing - birds were ...
... flocks . They love the orchard and the mowing - field , and many are the nests which are exposed by the scythe of the haymaker when performing his task early in the season . THE O'LINCON FAMILY . A flock of merry singing - birds were ...
Page 71
... flock is perched on a tree or a fence - post as a sentinel , and the moment a gunner approaches , the bird gives his alarm , " when all the flock take wing . The Meadow - Lark is vari- egated above with different shades of yellow and ...
... flock is perched on a tree or a fence - post as a sentinel , and the moment a gunner approaches , the bird gives his alarm , " when all the flock take wing . The Meadow - Lark is vari- egated above with different shades of yellow and ...
Page 74
... flocks renders them more liable to be extirpated ; for those who would grudge a charge of powder and shot for the flesh of a sin- gle bird are delighted to shoot into a flock , when perhaps six or eight little tender birds will fall to ...
... flocks renders them more liable to be extirpated ; for those who would grudge a charge of powder and shot for the flesh of a sin- gle bird are delighted to shoot into a flock , when perhaps six or eight little tender birds will fall to ...
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