Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... song . That there are excep- tions to this rule there is no doubt . We have heard a wild thrush , one of the sweetest singers of his tribe , sing far into September , but we watched narrowly , and never could find that he had a mate ...
... song . That there are excep- tions to this rule there is no doubt . We have heard a wild thrush , one of the sweetest singers of his tribe , sing far into September , but we watched narrowly , and never could find that he had a mate ...
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... song in a few kinds of birds correspond with the intervals of our musical scale ; but that much the greater part of such a song is not capable of musical notations . He attributes this to the following causes : -First , because the ...
... song in a few kinds of birds correspond with the intervals of our musical scale ; but that much the greater part of such a song is not capable of musical notations . He attributes this to the following causes : -First , because the ...
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... song of birds , yet many of them are capable of whistling tunes with our more gross intervals , as in the case of ... songs which distinguish different species of birds , are the consequence of the parental notes which first meet their ...
... song of birds , yet many of them are capable of whistling tunes with our more gross intervals , as in the case of ... songs which distinguish different species of birds , are the consequence of the parental notes which first meet their ...
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... song , insomuch , that it is well known , before the bird is heard , what notes you are to expect from him ? This , however , arises entirely from the nestling's attending only to the instruction of the parent bird , whilst it ...
... song , insomuch , that it is well known , before the bird is heard , what notes you are to expect from him ? This , however , arises entirely from the nestling's attending only to the instruction of the parent bird , whilst it ...
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... song ; for a slight attention will discover that the larynx becomes gradually capable of giving the common warble . This method of recovering the song does not , then , show deficiency of memory , but liability to rigidity , occasioned ...
... song ; for a slight attention will discover that the larynx becomes gradually capable of giving the common warble . This method of recovering the song does not , then , show deficiency of memory , but liability to rigidity , occasioned ...
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