A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 11
... follow in the wake of the pioneer of the wilderness , and increase in numbers with the clearing and settlement of the country , not from any feeling of dependence on the protection of man , but from the greater supply of insect food ...
... follow in the wake of the pioneer of the wilderness , and increase in numbers with the clearing and settlement of the country , not from any feeling of dependence on the protection of man , but from the greater supply of insect food ...
Page 12
... follow I have given particular attention to the vocal powers of the different birds , and have attempted to designate the part that each one performs in the grand hymn of Nature . THE SONG - SPARROW . The Song - Sparrow , one of our ...
... follow I have given particular attention to the vocal powers of the different birds , and have attempted to designate the part that each one performs in the grand hymn of Nature . THE SONG - SPARROW . The Song - Sparrow , one of our ...
Page 14
... follow with the same . These are mostly in triple time , some in common time , while in others the time could not be distinguished . Each tune , however , con- sists of four bars or strains , sometimes five , though late in the season ...
... follow with the same . These are mostly in triple time , some in common time , while in others the time could not be distinguished . Each tune , however , con- sists of four bars or strains , sometimes five , though late in the season ...
Page 42
... follow them . In the evening this order is reversed , and after the com- edy is concluded Nature lulls us to repose by the mellow notes of the Vesper - Bird , and the pensive and still more melodious strains of the solitary Thrushes ...
... follow them . In the evening this order is reversed , and after the com- edy is concluded Nature lulls us to repose by the mellow notes of the Vesper - Bird , and the pensive and still more melodious strains of the solitary Thrushes ...
Page 45
... 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 the middle and wheel about , With a " Phew , shew ...
... 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 the middle and wheel about , With a " Phew , shew ...
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