The warblers have we always with us, all in their own good time; they come out of the South, pass on, return, and are away again, their appearance and withdrawal scarcely less than a mystery ; many stay with us all summer long, and some brave the winters... Miscellaneous Publications - Página 201de Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.) - 1878Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Charles Abiathar White - 1878 - 836 páginas
...mystery; many stay with us all summer long, and some brave the winters in our midst. Some of these slight creatures, guided by unerring instinct, travel true...from tree to tree, in a ceaseless tide of migration, gleaning as they go ; the hardier males, in full song and plumage, lead the way for the weaker females... | |
| Elliott Coues - 1878 - 838 páginas
...midst. Some of these slight creatures, guided by unerring instinct, travel true to the meridian in thé hours of darkness, slipping past " like a thief in...from tree to tree, in a ceaseless tide of migration, gleaning as they go ; the hardier males, in full song and plumage, lead the way for the weaker females... | |
| Elliott Coues - 1878 - 838 páginas
...mystery; many stay with us all summer long, and some brave the winters in our midst. Some of these slight creatures, guided by unerring instinct, travel true...the night", stooping at day-break from their lofty nights to rest and recruit for the next stage of the journey. Others pass more leisurely from tree... | |
| Elliott Coues - 1884 - 930 páginas
...; many stay with us all summer long, and some brave the winters in our midst. Some of these slight creatures, guided by unerring instinct, travel true...from tree to tree, in a ceaseless tide of migration, gleaning as they go; the hardier males, in full song and plumage, load the way for the weaker females... | |
| Elliott Coues - 1894 - 960 páginas
...; many stay with us all summer long, and some brave the winters in our midst. Some of these slight creatures, guided by unerring instinct, travel true...from tree to tree, in a ceaseless tide of migration, gleaning as they go ; the hardier males, in full song and plumage, lead the way for the weaker females... | |
| Nebraska State Horticultural Society - 1896 - 312 páginas
...mystery; many stay with us all summer long, and some brave the winters in our midst. Some of these slight creatures, guided by unerring instinct, travel true...darkness, slipping past like a 'thief in the night, 'stopping at daybreak from their lofty flights to rest and recruit for the next stage of the journey.... | |
| William Emerson Ritter, Samuel Ellsworth Bailey - 1911 - 624 páginas
...descriptive of the warbler family : "Some travel true to the meridian in hours of darkness, stopping at daybreak from their lofty flights to rest and recruit...from tree to tree in a ceaseless tide of migration, gleaning as they go. The hardier males in full song and plumage lead the way for the weaker females... | |
| Elliott Coues - 1903 - 610 páginas
...travel true to the meridian in hours of darkness, slipping past " like a thief in the night," stopping at daybreak from their lofty flights to rest and recruit...from tree to tree, in a ceaseless tide of migration, gleaning as they go ; the hardier males, in full song and plumage, lead the way for the weaker females... | |
| Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1911 - 880 páginas
...mystery; many stay with us all summer long, and some brave the winters in our midst. Some of these slight creatures, guided by unerring instinct, travel true...the meridian in the hours of darkness, slipping past Mike a thief in the night,' stopping at daybreak from their lofty flights to rest and recruit for the... | |
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