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Strana 32 - ... throat. It is as if he touched his harp within a vase of liquid melody, and when he lifted it out, the notes fell like bubbles from the trembling strings. Methinks they are the most liquidly sweet and melodious sounds I ever heard.
Strana 53 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Strana 223 - COMPANY publish, under the above title, a series of books designed especially for boys and girls who are laying the foundation of private libraries. The books in...
Strana 92 - ... the moss and ferns of the shadowy forest ; the goldfinch balances himself on the pink thistle or yellow mullein top, while he makes them
Strana 145 - The white-in-tails, or grass finches, linger pretty late, flitting in flocks. They come only so near winter as the white in their tails indicates. . . . The snow buntings and the tree sparrows are the true spirits of the snow-storm.
Strana 79 - JOHN BURROUGHS Black-and-white warbler Goldfinch. — Size: Smaller than a sparrow. General color: Top of head, wings, and tail black; remainder of body bright yellow. The goldfinch "Just listen to him some day as he flies away from his nest, singing over to himself in tones of exquisite love and tenderness his sweet bay-bee, bay-ee-bee.
Strana 8 - ... of their relatives, the thrushes, who build in the forest. Those I find in the edge of the woods are much shyer than those living about the house, probably from the same reason that robins and others of our most friendly Eastern birds are wild and suspicious in the uninhabited districts of the West — or, who will say there are no recluses among birds as well as men? The flight and song of the robin are characteristic. The flight is rapid, clear cut, and straight. Unlike many birds, he moves...
Strana ix - ... yourself as much as possible a part of the landscape. Most birds are not afraid of man as a figure, but as an aggressive object. The observance of a few simple rules will help you to be unobtrusive. First. Avoid light or bright-colored clothing. A dull-colored jacket and an old leaf-colored hat that you can pull over the eyes or push back from the face as the light requires, will do excellent service if you do not wish a complete suit. Second. Walk slowly and noiselessly. Among the crisp rattling...
Strana 75 - ... by the rare cries of a pair of hawks that circled over the mountain; for the most part they soared, silent as the wilderness below them. Coming down into the forest primeval, where the majestic hemlocks towered straight toward the sky, and their massive knotted roots bound down the granite boulders that showed on the mountain side — there we found the blue jays in their home. A flock of them lived together, feeding on wild berries and beechnuts, sporting among the ferns and mosses, and drinking...