| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 páginas
...remarked the common European gray linnets, in the manner above described of the American goldfinch, congregating towards the close of a fine winter's...tree, pluming themselves in the last rays of the sun, chirupping the commencement of their evening song, and then bursting simultaneously into one general... | |
| Gilbert White - 1850 - 458 páginas
...Wilson's Ornithology, " who has lived much in the country, must have often remarked the common European linnets congregating towards the close of a fine winter's evening, perched on the summit of tome bar« tree, pluming themselves in the last rays of the sun, chirruping the commencement of their... | |
| Johann Matthäus Bechstein - 1856 - 598 páginas
...who has lived much in the country most have remarked the Common Linnets congregating towards the dose of a fine winter's evening, perched on the summit of some bare tree, pluming themselves m the last rays of the sun, chirruping the commencement of their evening song, and then bursting simultaneously... | |
| Gilbert White - 1858 - 454 páginas
...Wilson's Ornithology, " who hai lived much in the country, must have often remarked the common European linnets congregating towards the close of a fine winter's...bare tree, pluming themselves in the last rays of the nun, chirruping the commencement of their evening song, and then bursting simultaneously into one general... | |
| Johann Matthäus Bechstein - 1885 - 610 páginas
...country most have remarked the Common Linnets congregating towards the close of a fine winter's evemng, perched on the summit of some bare tree, pluming themselves...chorus, again resuming their single strains, and again joimng, as if happy and rejoicing at the termination of their day's employment." GILBEBT WHITE also... | |
| Sir George Newnes, Herbert Greenhough Smith - 1891 - 724 páginas
...in song. In the winter linnets may be seen congregating towards the close of a fine winter evening, pluming themselves in the last rays of the sun, chirruping the commencement of their vesper song ; and chorus. In the caged linnet the strain is rapid and varied ; often a prolonged extemporising... | |
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