A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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... young person is affected with grief , he 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 ...
... young person is affected with grief , he 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 ...
Page 18
... young with larvæ . This is a general practice among the seed - eaters , in order to provide their young with soft and digestible food . Nature has provided in a differ- ent manner , however , for the Pigeon tribe . The parent bird ...
... young with larvæ . This is a general practice among the seed - eaters , in order to provide their young with soft and digestible food . Nature has provided in a differ- ent manner , however , for the Pigeon tribe . The parent bird ...
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... young , that the cause of this delay is " that they would be unable to find in the spring those milky seeds which are the necessary food for their young , " and takes occasion to allude to that beneficent law of Nature pro- viding that ...
... young , that the cause of this delay is " that they would be unable to find in the spring those milky seeds which are the necessary food for their young , " and takes occasion to allude to that beneficent law of Nature pro- viding that ...
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Wilson Flagg. viding that these birds " should not bring forth their young until the time when the seeds used by them for food have passed into the milk , and may be easily dis- solved by the stomach . ” These little birds are remarkable ...
Wilson Flagg. viding that these birds " should not bring forth their young until the time when the seeds used by them for food have passed into the milk , and may be easily dis- solved by the stomach . ” These little birds are remarkable ...
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... is generally believed that the young males are the best singers , and that age dimin- ishes their vocal powers . This is the supposition of Mr. Nuttall ; but I have not been able to test 22 BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD .
... is generally believed that the young males are the best singers , and that age dimin- ishes their vocal powers . This is the supposition of Mr. Nuttall ; but I have not been able to test 22 BIRDS OF THE GARDEN AND ORCHARD .
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