The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History, Volume 11John Van Voorst, 1853 - Natural history |
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Page 3962
... sing during the latter months of the year about Donnybrook , but on reviewing my notes on this subject , I find it ... sings every day , morning and evening , till about the middle of December , after which time he does not sing ...
... sing during the latter months of the year about Donnybrook , but on reviewing my notes on this subject , I find it ... sings every day , morning and evening , till about the middle of December , after which time he does not sing ...
Page 3963
... sings most vigorously dur- ing frosty weather , but is not at all so regular a daily singer as the robin , as he seldom sings in open weather . In Scotland , Mr. Hepburn records that he does not sing in winter ; and White says ' all ...
... sings most vigorously dur- ing frosty weather , but is not at all so regular a daily singer as the robin , as he seldom sings in open weather . In Scotland , Mr. Hepburn records that he does not sing in winter ; and White says ' all ...
Page 3964
... sings till late into July , though , generally speaking , the third week in June ends his season . The earliest date I ever heard him was on the 20th of October . He sings from a bough , generally at middle height from the ground , In ...
... sings till late into July , though , generally speaking , the third week in June ends his season . The earliest date I ever heard him was on the 20th of October . He sings from a bough , generally at middle height from the ground , In ...
Page 3965
... sings in the evening and chooses a higher station , till , in the height of the season , it sings from the highest trees : earlier , how- ever , it prefers close brush - wood , and hence may be heard singing most regularly in such ...
... sings in the evening and chooses a higher station , till , in the height of the season , it sings from the highest trees : earlier , how- ever , it prefers close brush - wood , and hence may be heard singing most regularly in such ...
Page 3966
... sing , as I have proved by actual dissection . It rarely sings on the ground . --- - " The next group we shall consider the buntings contains three species , viz . , Emberiza Miliaria , E. citrinella , and E. Schoniclus . Their songs ...
... sing , as I have proved by actual dissection . It rarely sings on the ground . --- - " The next group we shall consider the buntings contains three species , viz . , Emberiza Miliaria , E. citrinella , and E. Schoniclus . Their songs ...
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Page 3708 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 3823 - Life and Times of Titian, with some Account of hig Family, chiefly from new and unpublished records. With Portrait and Illustrations. 2 vols. Svo. 42s. GUMMING (R. GORDON). Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa.
Page 3904 - It might be months, or years, or days, I kept no count — I took no note, I had no hope my eyes to raise, And clear them of their dreary mote...
Page 3998 - Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still, as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as, to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left ; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.
Page 4077 - In the last two weeks of August and the first week of September...
Page 3904 - And thus when they appear'd at last, And all my bonds aside were cast, These heavy walls to me had grown A hermitage — and all my own!
Page 4090 - The Powers of the Creator Displayed in the Creation ; or, Observations on Life amidst the various forms of the Humbler Tribes of Animated Nature ; with Practical Comments and Illustrations. By Sir JOHN GRAHAM DALYELL, Knt.
Page 4045 - The attendants who followed carried clusters of ripe dates, and flat baskets of osier-work filled with pomegranates, apples, and bunches of grapes. They raised in one hand small green boughs to drive away the flies. Then came men bearing hares, partridges, and dried locusts fastened on rods. The locust has ever been an article of food in the East, and is still sold in the markets of many towns in Arabia. Being introduced in this bas-relief amongst the choice delicacies of a banquet, it was probably...
Page 3904 - And watch'd them in their sullen trade, Had seen the mice by moonlight play, And why should I feel less than they ? We were all...
Page 3820 - Much attention is paid to the cultivation of this tree; extensive districts of country are covered with it; and it forms an important branch of agricultural industry.