 ... the high dead limbs of some ' large tree, pursuing and playing with each other, and amusing the passenger with their gambols. Their note or cry is shrill and lively, and so much resembles that of a species of tree-frog, which frequents the same tree,...  Parliamentary Papers - Stran 28avtor: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1861Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1809 - 428 strani
...whole space between them is filled with living creatures. The animal species come so near one another, that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the one from the other; yet the species is so multiplied, that, from the gnat to the elephant, they form a sort of chain, in... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 strani
...shrill and lively, and so much resembles that of a species of tree frog, which frequents the same tree, that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the one from the other. Such are the vicious traits, if I may so speak, in the character of the Red-headed Woodpecker; and... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 strani
...shrill and lively, and so much resembles that of a species of tree-frog, which frequents the same tree, that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the one from the other. Though this bird occasionally regales himself on fruit, yet his natural and most useful food is insects,... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 strani
...shrill and lively, and so much resembles that of a species of tree-frog which frequents the same tree, that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the one from the other. RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Such are the vicious traits, if I may so speak, in the character of the Red-headed... | |
 | 1834 - 700 strani
...shrill and lively, and so much resembles that of a species of tree-frog, which frequents the same tree, that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the one from the other. Though this bird occasionally regales himself on fruit, yet his natural and most useful food is insects,... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - 1839 - 934 strani
...shrill and lively, and so much resembles that of a species of tree-frog, which frequents the same tree, that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the one from the other. The Ivory-billed Woodpecker breeds in the Carolinas, and in strength and magnitude stands at the head... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 824 strani
...great part of the caution of the feathered tribe is to hide or defrog, which frequents the same tree, that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the one from the other. " Such are the mciotu traits, if 1 may so speak, in the character of the red-headed woodpecker; and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 strani
...great part of the caution of the feathered tribe is to hide or defrog, which frequents the same tree, that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish the one from the other. " Such are the vicuna traits, if I may so speak, in the character of the red-headed woodpecker; and... | |
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