A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 7
... the more simple melodies and less attractive colors and forms , that appeal to the imagination for their principal effect , are felt only by individuals of a poetic temperament . In proportion as we have been trained to be agreeably ...
... the more simple melodies and less attractive colors and forms , that appeal to the imagination for their principal effect , are felt only by individuals of a poetic temperament . In proportion as we have been trained to be agreeably ...
Page 9
... less pleasure to the ear , than louder and more complicated music . Nature employs a very small amount of physical agency to create sentiment , and when an excess is used a diminished effect is produced . I am persuaded that the effect ...
... less pleasure to the ear , than louder and more complicated music . Nature employs a very small amount of physical agency to create sentiment , and when an excess is used a diminished effect is produced . I am persuaded that the effect ...
Page 14
... less than a week I could distinctly recognize the whole seven , and was convinced that his observations were perfectly correct . It is remarkable that when one powerful singer takes up a particular tune , other birds in the vicinity ...
... less than a week I could distinctly recognize the whole seven , and was convinced that his observations were perfectly correct . It is remarkable that when one powerful singer takes up a particular tune , other birds in the vicinity ...
Page 16
... less familiar of the two , and , when both are singing at the same time , will be seen to occupy a position more remote from the house . In several places they are distinguished by the names of Ground - Sparrow and Bush - Sparrow , from ...
... less familiar of the two , and , when both are singing at the same time , will be seen to occupy a position more remote from the house . In several places they are distinguished by the names of Ground - Sparrow and Bush - Sparrow , from ...
Page 17
... less regarded than those of the Vesper - Bird , who sings in concert with others of his kind , and at more regular periods . The Vesper - Bird joins at day - spring with all his kin- dred in the general anthem of morn , after which he ...
... less regarded than those of the Vesper - Bird , who sings in concert with others of his kind , and at more regular periods . The Vesper - Bird joins at day - spring with all his kin- dred in the general anthem of morn , after which he ...
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