Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... bird's song to be a succession of three or more different notes , which are continued without interruption during the same interval with a musical bar of four crotchets in an adagio movement , or whilst a pendulum swings four seconds ...
... bird's song to be a succession of three or more different notes , which are continued without interruption during the same interval with a musical bar of four crotchets in an adagio movement , or whilst a pendulum swings four seconds ...
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... birds , to dwell so long upon the notes of cocks , owls , and cuckoos ; but we shall find that the distinctness and ... bird of dawning , with uplifted eye , and head raised on one side , to give the widest upward sweep to his vision ...
... birds , to dwell so long upon the notes of cocks , owls , and cuckoos ; but we shall find that the distinctness and ... bird of dawning , with uplifted eye , and head raised on one side , to give the widest upward sweep to his vision ...
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... birds seem to have an almost miraculous power over the race , as the bird- catcher well knows . " When the bird - catcher hath laid his nests , he disposes of his call - birds at proper intervals . It must be owned that there is a most ...
... birds seem to have an almost miraculous power over the race , as the bird- catcher well knows . " When the bird - catcher hath laid his nests , he disposes of his call - birds at proper intervals . It must be owned that there is a most ...
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... bird . * Him we have seen and heard in captivity , and -but Wilson has immortalized the bird with his graphic pen , and , in all humility , we lay down ours . " The ease , elegance , and rapidity of his movements , the ani- mation of ...
... bird . * Him we have seen and heard in captivity , and -but Wilson has immortalized the bird with his graphic pen , and , in all humility , we lay down ours . " The ease , elegance , and rapidity of his movements , the ani- mation of ...
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... bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement . In his domesticated state , when he commences his career of song , it is impossible to stand by uninterested . He whistles for the dog ; Cæsar starts up , wags his ...
... bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement . In his domesticated state , when he commences his career of song , it is impossible to stand by uninterested . He whistles for the dog ; Cæsar starts up , wags his ...
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