A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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Page 9
... seldom fails , if endowed with a sensitive mind , to listen to the birds as sympathizers in his affliction . Through them the deities of the grove seem to offer him their conso- lation . By his companionship with the objects of nature ...
... seldom fails , if endowed with a sensitive mind , to listen to the birds as sympathizers in his affliction . Through them the deities of the grove seem to offer him their conso- lation . By his companionship with the objects of nature ...
Page 17
... seldom hear one of them singing alone . When one begins , all others in the vicinity im- mediately join him . The usual resorts of the Vesper - Bird are the hayfields and pastures , from which he has derived the name of Grass - Finch ...
... seldom hear one of them singing alone . When one begins , all others in the vicinity im- mediately join him . The usual resorts of the Vesper - Bird are the hayfields and pastures , from which he has derived the name of Grass - Finch ...
Page 19
... seldom more than ten feet from the ground . I have found it in the vinery upon the trunk of an elm . It is very neatly constructed of the fibres of roots firmly woven together , and beautifully lined with fine soft hair , whence his ...
... seldom more than ten feet from the ground . I have found it in the vinery upon the trunk of an elm . It is very neatly constructed of the fibres of roots firmly woven together , and beautifully lined with fine soft hair , whence his ...
Page 22
... seldom met one in my rambles . It is now very common in this region , and has been more generally observed since the custom of planting the spruce and the fir in our gardens and enclos- The Linnet , though not early in building its nest ...
... seldom met one in my rambles . It is now very common in this region , and has been more generally observed since the custom of planting the spruce and the fir in our gardens and enclos- The Linnet , though not early in building its nest ...
Page 27
... seldom perceive anything like artificial pauses or true musical intervals in their time or melody . Yet they have no deficiency of musical ear , for almost any singing - bird when young may be taught to warble an artificial tune . Birds ...
... seldom perceive anything like artificial pauses or true musical intervals in their time or melody . Yet they have no deficiency of musical ear , for almost any singing - bird when young may be taught to warble an artificial tune . Birds ...
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