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... in the dedication , and other scientific friends , urged their re - publication , under the impression that when brought together , they might form a hand - book which might cherish , or even awaken a love for Natural History .
... in the dedication , and other scientific friends , urged their re - publication , under the impression that when brought together , they might form a hand - book which might cherish , or even awaken a love for Natural History .
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Let us endeavour , before we proceed further , to give the reader some idea of the natural musical instrument with which the loud and complicated passages of song - birds are executed . The larynx is formed much after the fashion of ...
Let us endeavour , before we proceed further , to give the reader some idea of the natural musical instrument with which the loud and complicated passages of song - birds are executed . The larynx is formed much after the fashion of ...
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The people of the house , however , told me that they had no bird but a goldfinch , which they conceived to sing its own natural note as they ealled it ; upon which I stayed a considerable time in the room , whilst its notes were merely ...
The people of the house , however , told me that they had no bird but a goldfinch , which they conceived to sing its own natural note as they ealled it ; upon which I stayed a considerable time in the room , whilst its notes were merely ...
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Bechstein observes that 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 ...
Bechstein observes that 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 ...
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Observers have marked i natural in woodlarks ; a in thrushes ; c falling to a commonly in the cuckoo ; A natural in common cocks ; B flat in a very large cock ; p in some owls ; B flat in others . Thus we have A , B flat , c , d , and F ...
Observers have marked i natural in woodlarks ; a in thrushes ; c falling to a commonly in the cuckoo ; A natural in common cocks ; B flat in a very large cock ; p in some owls ; B flat in others . Thus we have A , B flat , c , d , and F ...
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