Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... interesting part of our subject ; and we will now proceed to the experiments made by Daines Barrington , showing that the varied songs which distinguish different species of birds , are the consequence of the parental notes which first ...
... interesting part of our subject ; and we will now proceed to the experiments made by Daines Barrington , showing that the varied songs which distinguish different species of birds , are the consequence of the parental notes which first ...
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... interesting description will be noted by the observer , and the questions will occur - how was the first bird of each species taught , and is not the assertion touching the sparrow somewhat bold ? The difficulty surrounding the first is ...
... interesting description will be noted by the observer , and the questions will occur - how was the first bird of each species taught , and is not the assertion touching the sparrow somewhat bold ? The difficulty surrounding the first is ...
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... interesting zoological information , that both sexes participate in the duties of incubation . The author of the memoir alluded to , who watched the progress of the nest , states that , when all was finished , the cock took his share of ...
... interesting zoological information , that both sexes participate in the duties of incubation . The author of the memoir alluded to , who watched the progress of the nest , states that , when all was finished , the cock took his share of ...
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... interesting and well - trans- lated book we refer those who are curious in tracing such pheno- mena of the human mind ; the passion for the rare varieties of the Chaffinch's song appears to be , with reference to the ear , what the ...
... interesting and well - trans- lated book we refer those who are curious in tracing such pheno- mena of the human mind ; the passion for the rare varieties of the Chaffinch's song appears to be , with reference to the ear , what the ...
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... interesting little bird are white , with a bluish tinge , spotted with a faint red , and the worthy male is most assiduous in feeding the female while she sits ; and that as late as nine o'clock at night . ‡ One word in favour of these ...
... interesting little bird are white , with a bluish tinge , spotted with a faint red , and the worthy male is most assiduous in feeding the female while she sits ; and that as late as nine o'clock at night . ‡ One word in favour of these ...
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Стр. 37 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
Стр. 299 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Стр. 78 - The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
Стр. 80 - Tis the merry Nightingale That crowds, and hurries, and precipitates With fast thick warble his delicious notes, As he were fearful that an April night Would be too short for him to utter forth His love-chant, and disburthen his full soul Of all its music...
Стр. 91 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow : there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Стр. 97 - Fountain heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves! Moonlight walks, when all the fowls Are warmly housed save bats and owls! A midnight bell, a parting groan, These are the sounds we feed upon; Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley; Nothing's so dainty sweet as lovely melancholy.
Стр. 299 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way ; Yet simple Nature to his hope has given, Behind the cloud-topt hill, an humbler heaven...
Стр. 148 - Polish swan to be fifty-seven inches from the point of the bill to the end of the tail...