 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 pàgines
...and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates ; or dive, with precipitation, into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to...to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Ctesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken,... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pàgines
...and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates ; or dive, with precipitation, into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to...of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. Ho whistles for the dog ; Ceesar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He squeaks... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 932 pàgines
...essays to the finished talent of the mocking bird, is, in my opinion, quite absurd." The mocking bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by...of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. His excessive fondness for variety, however, in the opinion of some, injures his song. His elevated... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pàgines
...they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. The mocking bird loses little of the power and energy of his gong by confinement. In his domesticated state, when he...for the dog; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and rnns to meet his master. He sqneaks ont like a hurt chicken, and the hen hurries abont, with hanging... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 pàgines
...precipitation into the depth of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. "The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy...commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand br uninterTHE AMERICAN ROBIN, OR MIGRATORY THRUSH. ested. He whistles for the dog — Caesar starts... | |
 | 1859 - 852 pàgines
...precipitation, into the depths of thickets, at the scream of wha they supposed to be the sparrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. Jn his domesticated state, when he commences his song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. He... | |
 | William Smellie, John Ware - 1860 - 468 pàgines
...precipitation into the depth of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy...to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Caasar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master ; he squeaks out like a hurt chicken,... | |
 | Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pàgines
...and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates ; or dive, with precipitation, into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to...to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog ; Csesar starts up. wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 pàgines
...the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk. The mocking bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by...for the dog : Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and rui s to meet his master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken ; and the hen hurries about, with hanging... | |
 | 1861 - 588 pàgines
..."In his domesticated state," says Wilson, in his original and inimitable description of this bird, "when he commences his career of song, it is impossible...to stand by uninterested. He whistles for the dog — Cœsar starts up, wags his tail, and runs to meet his master. He squeaks out like a hurt chicken... | |
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The Mocking-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; Caesar starts up, wags his tail, and... 
