A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 17
... occasionally during the day , especially at an hour when it is still and cloudy , but most fervently during the ... occasional morn and an occasional even . In this respect these birds are not peculiar , but by singing together in ...
... occasionally during the day , especially at an hour when it is still and cloudy , but most fervently during the ... occasional morn and an occasional even . In this respect these birds are not peculiar , but by singing together in ...
Page 29
... occasionally imitate the notes of other species , and in this respect they differ entirely from quadrupeds . The song of birds seems to be the means used by the male , not only to woo the female , but to call her to him- self when ...
... occasionally imitate the notes of other species , and in this respect they differ entirely from quadrupeds . The song of birds seems to be the means used by the male , not only to woo the female , but to call her to him- self when ...
Page 52
... occasionally seen in company with our other win- ter birds . In our own latitude , if the cold season drives him farther south , we meet him again early in the spring , making his journey to his northern home . While he remains with us ...
... occasionally seen in company with our other win- ter birds . In our own latitude , if the cold season drives him farther south , we meet him again early in the spring , making his journey to his northern home . While he remains with us ...
Page 67
... . Sometimes he extends his few brief notes into a lengthened melody , and sings as in an ecstasy , like birds of the Finch tribe . Occasionally also LARK . he sings on the wing , not while BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . 67.
... . Sometimes he extends his few brief notes into a lengthened melody , and sings as in an ecstasy , like birds of the Finch tribe . Occasionally also LARK . he sings on the wing , not while BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . 67.
Page 80
... occasionally vocal at all hours on a warm summer night . This strain , which is a continued trilling sound , is repeated with diminishing intervals , until it becomes almost incessant . But ere the hair - bird has uttered many notes a ...
... occasionally vocal at all hours on a warm summer night . This strain , which is a continued trilling sound , is repeated with diminishing intervals , until it becomes almost incessant . But ere the hair - bird has uttered many notes a ...
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