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Full view - Item notes: v. 1 - 1904 - 251 pages - Biography & Autobiography | Other editionsEdition 14 - 1901 - Full viewEdition 8 - 1885 - Full view Edition 5 - 1892 - No preview available Edition 2 - 1883 - Full view |
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Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring ! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice... Page 15 ... rising pure and serene, as if a spirit from some remote height were slowly chanting a divine accompaniment. This song appeals to the sentiment of the beautiful in me, and suggests a serene religious beatitude as no other sound in nature does. It is perhaps more of an evening than a morning hymn, though I hear it at all hours of the day. It is very simple, and I can hardly tell the secret of its charm. " O spheral, spheral ! " he seems to say ; " O holy, holy ! O clear away, clear away ! O clear... Page 52 The chickadee tions, it is the rule that, when both sexes are of strikingly gay and conspicuous colours, the nest is such as to conceal the sitting bird ; while, whenever there is a striking contrast of colours, the male being gay and conspicuous, the female dull and obscure, the nest is open and the sitting bird exposed to view. Page 114 And yonder bluebird with the earth tinge on his breast and the sky tinge on his back, — did he come down out of heaven on that bright March morning when he told us so softly and plaintively that, if we pleased, spring had come... Page 4 ... flying but a few feet at a time, and studiously concealing itself from your view. I discover but one pair here. The female has food in her beak, but carefully avoids betraying the locality of her nest. The GroundWarblers all have one notable feature, — very beautiful legs, as white and delicate as if they had always worn silk stockings and satin slippers. High tree Warblers have dark brown or black legs and more brilliant plumage, but less musical ability. Page 72 Flowing in a deep valley, which now and then becomes a wild gorge with overhanging rocks and high precipitous headlands, for the most part wooded ; here reposing in long, dark reaches, there sweeping and hurrying around a sudden bend or over a rocky bed ; receiving at short intervals small runs and spring rivulets, which open up vistas and outlooks to the right and left, of the most charming description, — Rock Creek has an abundance of all the elements that make up not only pleasing, but wild... Page 172 Now he barks like a puppy, then quacks like a duck, then rattles like a kingfisher, then squalls like a fox, then caws like a crow, then mews like a cat. Now he calls as if to be heard a long way off, then changes his key, as if addressing his spectator. Page 184 There is nothing plaintive or especially musical in his performance, but the sentiment expressed is eminently that of cheerfulness. Indeed, the songs of most birds have some human significance, which, I think, is the source of the delight we take in them. The song of the bobolink to me expresses hilarity; the... Page 46 There is a fascination about it quite overpowering. It fits so well with other things — with fishing, hunting, farming, walking, camping-out — with all that takes one to the fields and woods. One may go a blackberrying and make some rare discovery; or, while driving his cow to pasture, hear a new song, or make a new observation. Secrets lurk on all sides, There is news in every bush. Page 236 Other editions
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