 ... together on a trial of skill, each striving to produce his utmost effect, so perfect are his imitations. He many times deceives the sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates...  The Architecture of Birds - Page 330by James Rennie - 1833 - 392 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 380 pages
...sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates . even birds themselves are frequently...mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mate, or dive with precipitation into the depth of the thickets, at the scream of what they suppose... | |
 | Scotland - 1826 - 1004 pages
...sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates ; even birds themselves are frequently imposed on by this admirable mimick, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive, with precipitation, into the... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1827 - 532 pages
...sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him ; but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are frequently...their mates ; or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the Sparrowhawk.' pp. 205. The description... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1827 - 538 pages
...sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him ; but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are frequently...their mates ; or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the Sparrowhawk." pp. 205. The description... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - Birds - 1831 - 372 pages
...but whose notes he exactly imitates : even birds themselves are frequently imposed on by this admiral mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their...thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk. The mocking bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In... | |
 | American prose literature - 1832 - 478 pages
...sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are frequently...their mates ; or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk." Female, Education and... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - Birds - 1832 - 576 pages
...sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him ; but whose notes he exactly imitates : even birds themselves are frequently...this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calk of their mates ; or dive, with precipitation, into the depth of thickets, at the scream of what... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - Birds - 1835 - 604 pages
...sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that, perhaps, are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are frequently...of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. " The Mocking Bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In his domesticated state,... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...that perhaps are not with-in miles of him, bnt whose notes he exactly imi-tates: even birds vhemselves are frequently imposed on by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calle of their male, or dive with precipitation into the depth of the thickets, at the scream of what... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1839 - 1032 pages
...sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates ; even birds themselves are frequently...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... | |
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