... him by his master, though of considerable length, fully and faithfully. He runs over the quiverings of the canary, and the clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale or red-bird, with such superior execution and effect, that the mortified songsters... The Parent's Present - Página 55editado por - 1835 - 232 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Timbs - 1832 - 442 páginas
...thrush are often interrupted by the crowing of cocks ; and his exquisite warblings after the blue-bird, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling of hens. During moonlight, both in the wild and tame state, he sings the whole night long. The hunters, in their... | |
| Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 páginas
...execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent ; while he seems to triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions." Audubon states that the Mocking Bird remains in Louisiana the whole year. In the northern states it... | |
| Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1837 - 528 páginas
...execution and offert, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent ; while he seems to triumph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions." — The female lays from four to five eggs, of an ash-Ыне colour, marked with patches of brown;... | |
| 1852 - 670 páginas
...that the mortified songster« feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he eeeme injure* his eong. His elevated imitations of the brown thrush are fre-quently interrupted by the crowing... | |
| 1839 - 532 páginas
...execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat...warblings of the blue-bird, which he exquisitely manages, arc mingled with the screaming of swallows or the cackling of buns: amidst the simple melody of the... | |
| 1839 - 674 páginas
...mortified songsien feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seeme to trinmph in their defeat, by redoubling his exertions. This...by the crowing of cocks; and the warblings of the blue-hird, which he exqnisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows, or the cackling... | |
| 1839 - 534 páginas
...execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat...song. His elevated imitations of the brown thrush arc frequently interrupted by the crowing of cocks ; and the warblings of the blue-bird, which lie... | |
| Grenville Mellen - 1839 - 934 páginas
...clear whistlings of the Virginia nightingale, or red bird, with such superior execution and eflect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority,...triumph in their defeat by redoubling his exertions.' Warblers. — The Summer Yellow Bird, or Warbler, is a brilliant and common species, found in every... | |
| George Willson - 1840 - 298 páginas
...execution and effect, that the mortified songsters feel their own inferiority, and become altogether silent, while he seems to triumph in their defeat,...injures his song. His elevated imita"tions of the brown-thrush are frequently interrupted by the crowing *of cocks : and the warblings of the blue bird,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 516 páginas
...domesticated state, when he commences his career of song, it is impossible to stand by uninterested. His excessive fondness for variety, however, in the opinion...by the crowing of cocks ; and the warblings of the blue bird, which he exquisitely manages, are mingled with the screaming of swallows or the cackling... | |
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