 the sad and wolfish call of the solitary Loon, which, like a dismal echo, seems slowly to invade the ear, and, rising as it proceeds, dies away in the air.  A Year with the Birds - Page 255by Wilson Flagg - 1890 - 317 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Stephen T. Allen - 1842 - 418 pages
...Far out at sea in winter, and in the great western lakes, particularly Huron and Michigan, in summer, I have often heard, on a fine, calm morning, the sad...proceeds, dies away in the air. This boding sound to mariners, supposed to be indicative of a storm, may be heard sometimes for two or three miles, when... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Ornithologist, Benjamin Harry Warren - 1890 - 656 pages
...at sea in winter, and in the great western lakes, particularly Huron and Michigan, in summer, I have heard, on a fine, calm morning, the sad and wolfish...solitary Loon, which, like a dismal echo, seems slowly to evade the ear, and rising as it proceeds, dies away in the air. This boding sound to mariners, supposed... | |
 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1897 - 318 pages
...Northern lakes and heard its wild call Plate in. can be sg^ to know it. Nuttall writes of its cry as " the sad and wolfish call of the solitary Loon, which,...and, rising as it proceeds, dies away in the air." It " may be heard sometimes for two or three miles, when the bird itself is invisible, or reduced almost... | |
 | Neltje Blanchan - 1898 - 482 pages
...melancholy, uncanny scream seems to rend the very clouds. Nuttall speaks of the "sad and wolfish call which like a dismal echo seems slowly to invade the...proceeds, dies away in the air. This boding sound to mariners, supposed to be indicative of a storm, may be heard sometimes two or three miles when the... | |
 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1899 - 314 pages
...Northern lakes and heard its wild call Plate III. can ^e gaj^ to know ft. Nuttall writes of its cry as "the sad and wolfish call of the solitary Loon, which,...and, rising as it proceeds, dies away in the air." It " may be heard sometimes for two or three miles, when the bird itself is invisible, or reduced almost... | |
 | Frank Michler Chapman - 1901 - 468 pages
...Northern lakes and heard its wild call Plate in. cgn be g^ to know it Nuttall writes of its cry as " the sad and wolfish call of the solitary Loon, which,...and, rising as it proceeds, dies away in the air." It " may be heard sometimes for two or three miles, when the bird itself is invisible, or reduced almost... | |
 | Michigan Ornithological Club - 1903 - 256 pages
...heard about sunrise and sunset, is probably best described by Nuttall in the words: "I have 'of ten heard on a fine calm morning the sad and wolfish call...and rising as it proceeds, dies away in the air." The numerous marshes and bog land about these lakes afford splendid breeding grounds for this bird... | |
 | Albert Field Gilmore - 1910 - 284 pages
...him, and now the great Northern Diver is a rare visitor to our lakes. Nuttall describes his cry as, "the sad and wolfish call of the solitary Loon, which...and, rising as it proceeds, dies away in the air." There is a wildness about it that words do not express. It is fir-reaching, and heard at night when... | |
 | 1838 - 392 pages
...great western lakes, particularly Huron and Michigan, in summer, I have often heard, on a calm hne morning, the sad and wolfish call of the solitary...which like a dismal echo seems slowly to invade the car, and rising as it proceeds, dies away in the air. This boding sound to mariners, supposed to be... | |
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