| 1899 - 408 pàgines
...killdeer, blue jay, martin, and of twenty others are given in succession so accurately that we look around for the originals, and discover, with astonishment,...the sole performer in this singular concert is the remarkable bird before us. During an exhibition of his powers he spreads his wings, and expands his... | |
| Stratton Duluth Brooks - 1907 - 268 pàgines
...reiterations of the whip-poor-will; while the notes of the killdeer, blue jay, martin, Baltimore oriole, and twenty others succeed, with such imposing reality,...performer, in this singular" concert, is the admirable bird before us. During this exhibition of his powers, he spreads his wings, expands his tail, and throws... | |
| Laura Rigal - 2001 - 276 pàgines
...shrill reiterations of the Whip-poor-will; while the notes of the Killdeer, Blue Jay, Martin, Baltimore and twenty others, succeed, with such imposing reality,...singular concert is the admirable bird now before us.95 Some naturalists believe that this mixture "injures" the quality of his song. Wilson points out... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 798 pàgines
...astonishment, that the sole ]1erlbrmer in this singular eoneert is the admirable bird now before us. ]>uring this exhibition of his powers, he spreads his wings, expands his tail, and throws himself around the eage in all the eestasy of enthusiasm, seeming not only to sing, but to danee, keeping time to the... | |
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