 ... for half an hour, or an hour, at a time. His expanded wings and tail, glistening with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly docs the ear, he sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy — he mounts...  American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States - Pagina 165door Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | David Hosack, John Wakefield Francis - 1814 - 614 pagina’s
...most five or six syllables, generally interspersed with imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity ; and continued, with undiminished...the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear. Me sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstacy — he mounts and descends as his song swells or dies away... | |
 | 1813 - 496 pagina’s
...most five or six syllables, generally interspersed with imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued, with undiminished ardour, for half an hour or an hour at n time. His expanded wings and tail glistening ! with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action,... | |
 | 1826 - 952 pagina’s
...imitations, andall of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity. and continued, with ivn diminished ardour, for half an hour, or an hour at a time. His...buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his soag moat irresistibly does the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic eestacv— he mounts and descends... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 pagina’s
...most five or six syllables; generally interspersed with imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity; and continued, with undiminished...wings and tail, glistening with white, and the buoyant gayety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear. He sweeps round... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 442 pagina’s
...most five or six syllables; generally interspersed with imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity; and continued, with undiminished...wings and tail, glistening with white, and the buoyant gayety of his action, arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly does the ear. He sweeps round... | |
 | 1826 - 376 pagina’s
...imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued with undiminished ardour. The buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistably does the ear, he sweeps round with an enthusiastic ecstacy ; he mounts and descends as... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1823 - 300 pagina’s
...imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued, withundin fmished ardour, for half an hour or an hour at a time. His" expanded wings and tail glittering with white, and the buoyant gaiety of his action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly... | |
 | 1825 - 428 pagina’s
...and all of them uttered with emphasis and rapidity, and continued with undimmished ardour for half an hour at a time. His expanded wings and tail glistening...eye as 'his song most irresistibly does the ear, he iweeps round with enthusiastic eestacy he mounts and descend: as his song swells or dies away. Whilst... | |
 | 1826 - 1004 pagina’s
...jnoit fire or fix syllable*; generally interspersed with imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and continued, with undiminished...action arresting the eye, as his song most irresistibly docs the ear. He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstacy— he mounts and descends as his song swells... | |
 | James Jennings (of Huntspill.) - 1828 - 528 pagina’s
...generally interspersed with imitations, and all of them uttered with great emphasis and rapidity, and are continued with undiminished ardour for half an hour or an hour at a time. They have contiderable resemblance to those of the BrownThrush, another American hird, but may be easily... | |
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