 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 442 pagine
...only. The song of the Baltimore is a clear mellow whistle, repeated at short intervals as he gleans among the branches. There is in it a certain wild plaintiveness and na'ivete, extremeJy interesting. It is not uttered with the rapidity of the ferruginous thrush ( Turdus rufus),... | |
 | 1820 - 572 pagine
...only. The song of the Baltimore is a clear mellow whistle, repeated at short intervals as he gleans among the branches. There is in it a certain wild...naivete extremely interesting. It is not uttered •with the rapidity of the ferruginous thrush (turdus rufus,) and some other eminent songsters; but with the... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1829 - 528 pagine
...baltimorus) is little less remarkable than his fine appearance, and the ingenuity with which he builds his nest. His notes consist of a clear mellow whistle,...among the branches. There is in it a certain wild plaintiveiiess and naivete extremely interesting. It is not uttered with rapidity, but with the pleasing... | |
 | 1829 - 466 pagine
...intervals, as he gleans among the branches. There is in it a certain wild plaintiveness and naivetS extremely interesting; ; it is not uttered with rapidity,...pleasing tranquillity of a careless ploughboy, whistling merely for his own amusement. When alarmed by an approach to his nest, or any such circumstance, be... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1829 - 528 pagine
...baltimorus) is little less remarkable than his fine appearance, and the ingenuity with which he builds his nest. His notes consist of a clear mellow whistle, repeated at short intervals as lie gleams among the branches. There is in it a certain wild plaintiveness and naivett extremely interesting.... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 426 pagine
...supported. The song of the Baltimore is a clear mellow whistle, repeated at short intervals as he gleans among the branches. There is in it a certain wild...and naivete extremely interesting. It is not uttered Their principal food consists of caterpillars, beetles, and bugs, particularly one of a brilliant glossy... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pagine
...fence, to begin the prelude to the general concert ; the Baltimore oriole (Oriolus Baltimorus), whose notes consist of a clear mellow whistle, repeated...at short intervals as he gleams among the branches, characterized by a certain wild plaititiveness and interesting simplicity, like that of a careless... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 pagine
...ORIOLE. 21 The song of the baltimore is a clear mellow whistle, repeated at short intervals as he gleans among the branches. There is in it a certain wild...na'ivete extremely interesting. It is not uttered with the rapidity of the ferruginous thrush, (Turdus nifus,) and some other eminent songsters ; but with... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 238 pagine
...Baltimore consists of beetles, caterpillars and bugs, particularly one of a glossy green. His song is a clear mellow whistle, repeated at short intervals as he gleams among the branches. When alarmed by an approach to his nest, he makes a kind of rapid chirrupping very different from his... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1838 - 796 pagine
...nest, {{is notes CHAP. cm. SALICA'CEjE. PO PULUS. •" •• Jt--' ' ..A^i^l^lh''-!^ r< -V- 'i_consist of a. clear mellow whistle, repeated at short intervals...wild plaintiveness and naivete extremely interesting. Since the streets of some of the American towns have been planted with Lombardy poplars, the orioles... | |
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His notes consist of a clear mellow whistle, repeated at short intervals as he gleams among the branches. There is in it a certain wild plaintiveness and naivete extremely interesting. It is not uttered with rapidity, but with the pleasing tranquillity... 
