Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1848 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... observations , we are inclined to think that love and rivalry are the two great stimulants , though we do not mean to deny that a bird may sing from mere gaiety of heart arising from finding itself in the haunts dear to it , and in the ...
... observations , we are inclined to think that love and rivalry are the two great stimulants , though we do not mean to deny that a bird may sing from mere gaiety of heart arising from finding itself in the haunts dear to it , and in the ...
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... observations on a nightingale which lived three years in a cage ; and he confirms the remarks of the observer who furnished him with the list , and says he has frequently heard from the same bird c and F. Το prove the precision of the ...
... observations on a nightingale which lived three years in a cage ; and he confirms the remarks of the observer who furnished him with the list , and says he has frequently heard from the same bird c and F. Το prove the precision of the ...
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... observed , they were mostly in D ; he heard two sing together , the one in D , the other in D sharp , who made a ... observation — will seize a fly , if offered to it , with complacent twitterings ; but if a wasp be tendered , a note of ...
... observed , they were mostly in D ; he heard two sing together , the one in D , the other in D sharp , who made a ... observation — will seize a fly , if offered to it , with complacent twitterings ; but if a wasp be tendered , a note of ...
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... observed with regard to the decoy ducks . Their sight and hearing infinitely excel those of the bird - catcher . The instant that the wild birds are perceived , notice is given by one to the rest of the call - birds , ( as it is by the ...
... observed with regard to the decoy ducks . Their sight and hearing infinitely excel those of the bird - catcher . The instant that the wild birds are perceived , notice is given by one to the rest of the call - birds , ( as it is by the ...
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... observe , that it depends in great measure both upon the health and spirits of the individual , and the state of the weather . Not that any of them , hardly , are to be heard in any- thing like full song in January , except very rarely ...
... observe , that it depends in great measure both upon the health and spirits of the individual , and the state of the weather . Not that any of them , hardly , are to be heard in any- thing like full song in January , except very rarely ...
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