 | William Henry Hudson, Frank Evers Beddard - 1895 - Страниц: 468
...in sight. Indeed, unless you are directed to a particular spot by their strange low, croaking cry, you may pass through a flock of ptarmigans without...generally find him on the top of a stone, ready to spring oft' the moment you show an indication of hostility. If you throw a stone at him, he rises, utters... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 844
...sight. Indeed, unless you are directed to a particular spot by their strange low croaking intonations, you may pass through a flock of ptarmigans without...generally find him on the top of a stone, ready to spring oil' the moment you snow an indication of hostility. If you throw a stone at him, he rises, utters... | |
 | 1856 - Страниц: 840
...sight. Indeed, unless you are directed to a particular spot by their strange low croaking intonations, you may pass through a flock of ptarmigans without...their object being to conceal themselves ; and if yon discover the one from which the cry has proceeded, yon generally find him on the top of a stone,... | |
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... you may pass through a flock of ptarmigans without observing a single individual, although some of them may not be ten yards distant. When squatted, however, they utter no sound, their object being to conceal themselves ; and if you discover the one... 
