 | Frank McAlpine - 1886 - 456 pàgines
...assembled together, on a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost effect, so perfect arc his imitations. He many times deceives the sportsman,...this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied call of their mates, or dive, with precipitation, into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what... | |
 | James William Buel - 1891 - 748 pàgines
...sends him after game birds that remain invisible; even birds themselves are deceived by this marvellous mimic and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive with precipitate haste into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they believe to be the sparrow-hawk.... | |
 | Alfred Henry Miles - 1895 - 462 pàgines
...exactly imitates: even birds themselves are THE MOCKING BIRD— THE WREN. 255 frequently imposed upon by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied...thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk." The Tailor The Tailor Bird is a small bird of no very Bird. remarkable appearance, but... | |
 | Stratton Duluth Brooks - 1906 - 270 pàgines
...would suppose that all the feathered tribes had assembled together for a trial of skill, each striv ing to produce his utmost effect, — so perfect are his...this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied call of their mates, or dive, with precipitation, into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what... | |
 | Stratton Duluth Brooks - 1907 - 268 pàgines
...bystander, destitute of sight, would suppose that all the feathered tribes had assembled together for a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost...this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied call of their mates, or dive, with precipitation, into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what... | |
 | 1837 - 610 pàgines
...beautifully expressed it, ' He bounds aloft with the celerity of an arrow, as if to recover or recaí his very soul, expired in the last elevated strain.'...of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses... | |
 | 1846 - 652 pàgines
...scream of the bald eagle. " While thus exerting himself," says Wilson, " a person destitute of eight •would suppose that the whole feathered tribes had...this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied call of their mates, or dive •with precipitation into the depth of thickets at the scream of what... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1856 - 584 pàgines
...perfect are his imitations. He many times deceives the sportsman and sends him in search of birds that are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly...mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their notes, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to... | |
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While thus exerting himself, a bystander, destitute of sight, would suppose that the whole feathered tribes had assembled together on a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost effect, so perfect are his imitations. He many times deceives the... 
