 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 страници
...the state of Kentucky I first heard this bird on the fourteenth of April, near the town of Danville. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...perhaps we hear them from the adjoining coppice — the garden fence — the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwel* Caprimulgw rirginiamis,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 страници
...twilight commences, or in the rooming, as soon as dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, frpm the ideas which are naturally associated with them,...perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden fence, the road before the door, and even the roof of the dwelling-house, hours after the family... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 380 страници
...broke. In the State of Kentucky I first heard this bird on the 14th of April, near the town of Danville. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden fence, the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling-house, long after the... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 страници
...his favourite call in spring; yet personally, he is little known. The notes of this solitary bird, seem like the voice of an old friend, and are listened...perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice— the garden fence — the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling house, long after... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 372 страници
...broke. In the State of Kentucky I first heard this bird on the 14th of April, near the town of Danville. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...voice of an old friend, and are listened to by almost ^11 with great interest. At first they issue from some retired part of the woods, the glen, or mountain... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 356 страници
...the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences ; or in the morning, as soon as the dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden fence, the road before the door, and even the roof of the dwelling-house, — hours after the... | |
 | John Timbs - 1832 - 442 страници
...in the evening, as the dusk of twihght commences ; or in the morning, as soon as the dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden fence, the road before the door, and even the roof of the dwelling-house, — hours after the... | |
 | Alexander Wilson - 1832 - 472 страници
...broke. In the state of Kentucky I first heard this bird on the 14th of April, near the town of Danville. The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which...perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden fence, the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling-house, long after the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 страници
...twilight conttnences, or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary b»d, from the ideas which are naturally associated with...perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden fence, the road before the door, and even the roof of the dwelling-house, hoius after 'he family... | |
 | 1831 - 420 страници
...Kentucky I first heard this bird on the 14th of April, near the town of Danville. The notes of the solitary bird, from the ideas which are naturally...first they issue from some retired part of the woods, glen or mountain ; in a few evenings, perhaps, we hear them from the adjoining coppice, the garden... | |
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The notes of this solitary bird, from the ideas which are naturally associated with them, seem like the voice of an old friend, and are listened to by almost all with great interest. At first they issue from some retired part of the woods, the glen, or... 
