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Daines Barrington , who paid much attention to this subject , remarks that some passages of 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 ...
Daines Barrington , who paid much attention to this subject , remarks that some passages of 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 ...
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... to render the larynx pliant , and are a kind of chirping , the notes of which have but little relation to the proper song ; for a slight attention will discover that the larynx becomes gradually capable of giving the common warble .
... to render the larynx pliant , and are a kind of chirping , the notes of which have but little relation to the proper song ; for a slight attention will discover that the larynx becomes gradually capable of giving the common warble .
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The thickest bush is generally selected for the nest , which is matted externally with coarse roots , and strong , dry grass stalks or bents , plastered and mixed internally with earth , so as to form a kind of cob - wall .
The thickest bush is generally selected for the nest , which is matted externally with coarse roots , and strong , dry grass stalks or bents , plastered and mixed internally with earth , so as to form a kind of cob - wall .
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“ The swallow , " says White , “ is a delicate songster , and in soft sunny weather sings both perching and flying : on trees in a kind of concert , and on chimney - tops . " This charming bird , the harbinger of spring , has been ...
“ The swallow , " says White , “ is a delicate songster , and in soft sunny weather sings both perching and flying : on trees in a kind of concert , and on chimney - tops . " This charming bird , the harbinger of spring , has been ...
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Here the instinct of migration seems to have overcome all the domestic comforts which its kind - hearted master had provided for it , and to which it had become so attached ; for , after the little bird had got among the holly - leaves ...
Here the instinct of migration seems to have overcome all the domestic comforts which its kind - hearted master had provided for it , and to which it had become so attached ; for , after the little bird had got among the holly - leaves ...
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| Название | Zoological Recreations |
| Автор | William John Broderip |
| Издатель | H. Colburn, 1849 |
| Владелец оригинала: | Нью-Йоркская публичная библиотека |
| Оцифровано | 19 окт 2009 |
| Количество страниц | Всего страниц: 384 |
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