Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... common house - sparrow , when in a wild state , never does any thing but chirp ; this does not , however , arise from want of power in this bird to imitate others , but because he only attends to the parental note . " Two points in this ...
... common house - sparrow , when in a wild state , never does any thing but chirp ; this does not , however , arise from want of power in this bird to imitate others , but because he only attends to the parental note . " Two points in this ...
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... common warble . This method of recovering the song does not , then , show deficiency of memory , but liability to rigidity , occasioned by disuse of the larynx . The chaffinch will exercise itself in this way some weeks before it ...
... common warble . This method of recovering the song does not , then , show deficiency of memory , but liability to rigidity , occasioned by disuse of the larynx . The chaffinch will exercise itself in this way some weeks before it ...
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... common cocks ; B flat in a very large cock ; D in some owls ; B flat in others . Thus we have A , B flat , C , D , and F , to which Barrington adds a from his own observations on a nightingale , which lived three years in a cage ; and ...
... common cocks ; B flat in a very large cock ; D in some owls ; B flat in others . Thus we have A , B flat , C , D , and F , to which Barrington adds a from his own observations on a nightingale , which lived three years in a cage ; and ...
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... common poultry . The peculiar shrill cry with which the bird of dawning , with uplifted eye , and head raised on one side , to give the widest upward sweep to his vision , gives warning of the horrible advent of the kite or sparrow ...
... common poultry . The peculiar shrill cry with which the bird of dawning , with uplifted eye , and head raised on one side , to give the widest upward sweep to his vision , gives warning of the horrible advent of the kite or sparrow ...
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... common to require notice ; and yet some of our readers may not be aware that , glorying in its prodigality of voice and revelling in its mimicry , it has been known to crow like a cock and cackle like a hen . The power and quality of ...
... common to require notice ; and yet some of our readers may not be aware that , glorying in its prodigality of voice and revelling in its mimicry , it has been known to crow like a cock and cackle like a hen . The power and quality of ...
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