 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...  Knowledge for the People ... - Side 130af John Timbs - 1832Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 sider
...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...garden fence — the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwel* Caprimulgw rirginiamis, VIHU. Oti. tlt i'.'im Sept. pi, 23. ling house,... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 380 sider
...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...the garden fence, the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling-house, long after the family have retired to rest. Some of the more ignorant... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 sider
...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...garden fence — the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling house, long after the family have retired to rest. He is now a regular... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 372 sider
...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... | |
 | Alexander Wilson - 1832 - 472 sider
...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...the garden fence, the road before the door, and even from the roof of the dwelling-house, long after the family have retired to rest. Some of the more ignorant... | |
 | S. Waring - 1832 - 280 sider
...Pennsylvania, in the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences, or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broken. 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... | |
 | S. Waring - 1832 - 284 sider
...Pennsylvania, in the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences, or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broken. 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... | |
 | 1831 - 420 sider
...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... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 sider
...in Pennsylvania, in the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences ; or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, from...are listened to by almost all with great interest. The notes seem pretty plainly to articulate the words, ' Whip-poor-will,' the first and last syllables... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 sider
...heard in Pennsylvania, in the evening, as the dusk of twilight commences, or in the morning, as soon as dawn has broke. The notes of this solitary bird, from...them, seem like the voice of an old friend, and are i 3 listened to by almost all with great interest. At first they issue from some retired part of the... | |
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