 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 392 pàgines
...search of food ; in this way they pass the autumn, and part of the winter. During this season freat numbers are killed by the inhabitants, who preserve...whether they perceive her or not, erect and spread their tails, throw the head backwards, distend the comb and wattles, strut pompously, and rustle their wings... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 pàgines
...voice of their wooing, uttered responsi vely from their roosting places. This is continued for about au hour; and, on the rising of the sun, they silently...whether they perceive her or not, erect and spread their tails, throw the head backwards, distend the comb and wattles, strut pompously, and rustle their «... | |
 | 1846 - 544 pàgines
...of miles — resound with this remarkable noise, uttered responsively from their roosting-places : this is continued for about an hour ; and, on the...from their perches, and the males begin to strut, as if to win the admiration of their mates. Their process of approach to th AI females is remarkably... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1853 - 550 pàgines
...turkeys are numerous, the woods from one end to the other, sometimes for hundreds ot miles, resounds with this remarkable voice of their wooing, uttered...strut, for the purpose of winning the admiration of the females. If the call be given from the ground, the males in the vicinity fly towards the individual,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 pàgines
...hearing responds, rolling note after note, in the most rapid succession ; not as when spreading th« tail and strutting near the hen, but in a voice resembling...purpose of winning the admiration of their mates. If the rail he given from the ground, the males in the vicinity fly towards the individual, and, whether they... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pàgines
...after note, in the most rapid succession ; not as when spreading the tail and strutting near the In n, but in a voice resembling that of the tame turkey,...the individual, and, whether they perceive her or nut, erect and spread their tails, throw the head backwards, distend the comb and wattles, strut pompously,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 pàgines
...separate from their mates, and shun them, though the latter pertinaciously follow them, gobbling loudly. The sexes roost apart, but at no great distance, so...winning the admiration of their mates. If the call of a female be given from the ground, the males in the vicinity fly toward the individual, and, whether... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 774 pàgines
...so that, when the female utters a ¿•all, every male within htaring responds, rolling note iifter note, in the most rapid succession ; not as when spreading...the individual, and, whether they perceive her or nut, erect and spread their tails, throw the head backwards, distend the comb and wattles, strut pompously,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1862 - 632 pàgines
...resound with this remarkable voice of their wooing, uttered responsively from their roosting-places. This is continued for about an hour; and, on the rising of the son, they silently descend from their perches, and the males begin to strnt for the purpose of winning... | |
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... but in a voice resembling that of the tame turkey when he hears any unusual or frequently repeated noise. Where the turkeys are numerous, the woods, from one end to the other, sometimes for hundreds of miles, resound with this remarkable voice of... 
