Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1847 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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... nearly all birds when young will learn some strain whistled or played to them every day ; but those only whose memory is retentive will abandon their natural song and adopt fluently the air that has been taught them . In proof of this ...
... nearly all birds when young will learn some strain whistled or played to them every day ; but those only whose memory is retentive will abandon their natural song and adopt fluently the air that has been taught them . In proof of this ...
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... nearly a miniature resemblance of the last - mentioned species . But this admirable musician , to which the English and Germans have given a name expressive of its melodious pipe , goes far beyond the Missel Thrush , or , indeed , any ...
... nearly a miniature resemblance of the last - mentioned species . But this admirable musician , to which the English and Germans have given a name expressive of its melodious pipe , goes far beyond the Missel Thrush , or , indeed , any ...
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... nearly similar , the hues of the female being only rather less brilliant , and the prisoner daily deludes himself that the mate which he is doomed never to see is come to visit him . Most affectionate in disposition , it seems ...
... nearly similar , the hues of the female being only rather less brilliant , and the prisoner daily deludes himself that the mate which he is doomed never to see is come to visit him . Most affectionate in disposition , it seems ...
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... nearly their weight of food in four days at that time . I could always perceive by the animation of the brood when the old one was coming ; probably some low note indicated * Regulus cristatus . There are two species , viz . , Regulus ...
... nearly their weight of food in four days at that time . I could always perceive by the animation of the brood when the old one was coming ; probably some low note indicated * Regulus cristatus . There are two species , viz . , Regulus ...
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... nearly fledged . After it had been viewed and admired - for it was very pretty , as most young birds are not - he replaced the tiny creature , and , to the inquiry whether the parents would not forsake the nest if so disturbed , he ...
... nearly fledged . After it had been viewed and admired - for it was very pretty , as most young birds are not - he replaced the tiny creature , and , to the inquiry whether the parents would not forsake the nest if so disturbed , he ...
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