 ... 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are frequenily imposed on by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed...of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the s-parrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are imposed upon by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied...of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk." It is a very remarkable... | |
 | John George Wood - Historia natural - 1862 - 804 pages
...not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are imposed upon by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied...of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk." It is a very remarkable... | |
 | John George Wood - Historia natural - 1862 - 804 pages
...not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are imposed upon by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied...of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk." It is a very remarkable... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 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 mimie, and are decoyed by the fancicd calls of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 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...by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive, with precipitation4, into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk,... | |
 | John George Wood - Vertebrates - 1831 - 802 pages
...not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates. Even birds themselves are imposed upon by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied...of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk." It is a very remarkable... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...sportsman, and sends him in Bcarch 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 thoy suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses... | |
 | William Smellie, John Ware - Animal behavior - 1866 - 468 pages
...themselves, are frequently imposed upon by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied call of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the...scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. The mockiug-bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In his domesticated state,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 396 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 mateg, or dive, with precipitation4, into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose... | |
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