A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 12
... performs in the grand hymn of Nature . THE SONG - SPARROW . The Song - Sparrow , one of our most familiar birds , claims our first attention as the earliest visitant and latest resident of all the tuneful band , and one that is ...
... performs in the grand hymn of Nature . THE SONG - SPARROW . The Song - Sparrow , one of our most familiar birds , claims our first attention as the earliest visitant and latest resident of all the tuneful band , and one that is ...
Page 16
... performed by a rapid trilling of these notes with their octave . No bird sings constantly in so regular time as is represented above , and the intervals between the high notes are very irregular . Both the time and the tune are in great ...
... performed by a rapid trilling of these notes with their octave . No bird sings constantly in so regular time as is represented above , and the intervals between the high notes are very irregular . Both the time and the tune are in great ...
Page 41
... performs the recitative , which he delivers with the ut- most fluency and rapidity , and we must listen carefully not to lose many of his words . He is plainly the merriest of all the feathered creation , almost continually in motion ...
... performs the recitative , which he delivers with the ut- most fluency and rapidity , and we must listen carefully not to lose many of his words . He is plainly the merriest of all the feathered creation , almost continually in motion ...
Page 43
... performing his task early in the season . THE O'LINCON FAMILY . A flock of merry singing - birds were sporting in the grove ; Some were warbling cheerily and some were making love . There were Bobolincon , Wadolincon , Winterseeble ...
... performing his task early in the season . THE O'LINCON FAMILY . A flock of merry singing - birds were sporting in the grove ; Some were warbling cheerily and some were making love . There were Bobolincon , Wadolincon , Winterseeble ...
Page 47
... performed without its accompaniments ; and these alone would seem still more trifling and unimportant . Yet , if the composition be the work of a master , these brief strains and snatches , though apparently insignificant , are ...
... performed without its accompaniments ; and these alone would seem still more trifling and unimportant . Yet , if the composition be the work of a master , these brief strains and snatches , though apparently insignificant , are ...
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