A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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... seem to offer him their conso- lation . By his companionship with the objects of nature all pleasing sights and sounds have become anodynes for his sorrow ; and those who have this mental alembic for turning grief into poetic melancholy ...
... seem to offer him their conso- lation . By his companionship with the objects of nature all pleasing sights and sounds have become anodynes for his sorrow ; and those who have this mental alembic for turning grief into poetic melancholy ...
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... . guttural . tr No. 3. Joyful . No. 4. Plaintive . No. 5. Fervent . 00-0000 No. 6. Subdued and querulous . tr tr diminuendo . m No. 7. Brilliant NOTE . The notes marked guttural seem BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . 15.
... . guttural . tr No. 3. Joyful . No. 4. Plaintive . No. 5. Fervent . 00-0000 No. 6. Subdued and querulous . tr tr diminuendo . m No. 7. Brilliant NOTE . The notes marked guttural seem BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD . 15.
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Wilson Flagg. No. 7. Brilliant NOTE . The notes marked guttural seem to me to be 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 ...
Wilson Flagg. No. 7. Brilliant NOTE . The notes marked guttural seem to me to be 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 ...
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... seems to be the sentinel whom Nature has appointed to watch for the first gleam of dawn , which he always faith- fully announces before any other bird is awake . Two or three strains from his octave pipe are the signal for a gen- eral ...
... seems to be the sentinel whom Nature has appointed to watch for the first gleam of dawn , which he always faith- fully announces before any other bird is awake . Two or three strains from his octave pipe are the signal for a gen- eral ...
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... seem to be temporarily revived . They are very familiar and active , always flitting about our flower- gardens when they abound in marigolds and asters . The Hemp - Bird bears considerable resemblance to the Canary in his habits and the ...
... seem to be temporarily revived . They are very familiar and active , always flitting about our flower- gardens when they abound in marigolds and asters . The Hemp - Bird bears considerable resemblance to the Canary in his habits and the ...
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