A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 42
... passing to and fro , often beginning their song upon the extreme end of an apple - tree bough , then suddenly taking flight and singing the principal part while bal- ancing themselves on the wing . The merriest part of the day with ...
... passing to and fro , often beginning their song upon the extreme end of an apple - tree bough , then suddenly taking flight and singing the principal part while bal- ancing themselves on the wing . The merriest part of the day with ...
Page 70
... passes when , if a pair of the birds are located in an ad- joining field , you may not hear them . It is the constant repetition of their song that has led gunners to the dis- covery of the birds , which , if they had been silent ...
... passes when , if a pair of the birds are located in an ad- joining field , you may not hear them . It is the constant repetition of their song that has led gunners to the dis- covery of the birds , which , if they had been silent ...
Page 75
... pass over wet meadows . The air is never sweeter , not even in a grove of lindens , than the vernal breezes that are constantly playing among the willows , when they are hung with golden aments , and swarming with bees and butterflies ...
... pass over wet meadows . The air is never sweeter , not even in a grove of lindens , than the vernal breezes that are constantly playing among the willows , when they are hung with golden aments , and swarming with bees and butterflies ...
Page 100
... passing over the rustling leaves , the noise made by our progress interferes with the perfect recognition of all delicate sounds . It was when thus reclining , after half a day's search for flowers , under the grateful shade of a pine ...
... passing over the rustling leaves , the noise made by our progress interferes with the perfect recognition of all delicate sounds . It was when thus reclining , after half a day's search for flowers , under the grateful shade of a pine ...
Page 105
... pass out of the woods again , where we can bask in the sunshine , and obtain a view of fields and farms , to hear the voice of the Rose - breasted Grosbeak . This bird was not an acquaintance of my early years . Certain changes of ...
... pass out of the woods again , where we can bask in the sunshine , and obtain a view of fields and farms , to hear the voice of the Rose - breasted Grosbeak . This bird was not an acquaintance of my early years . Certain changes of ...
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