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" ... sometimes, for half an hour, incessantly at the same spot, before he has succeeded in dislodging and destroying them. At these times you may walk up pretty close to the tree, and even stand immediately below it, within five or six feet of the bird,... "
Beautiful birds: their natural history, ed. by R. Tyas - Página 13
por John Cotton (F.Z.S.) - 1855
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volumen1

Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 páginas
...hour incessantly at the same spot, before he has succeeded in dislodging and destroying them. At these times you may walk up pretty close to the tree, and...be at work for two hours together on the same tree. Buffon calls this " incessant toil and slavery ;" their attitude " a painful posture ;" and their life...
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Select Reviews, Volúmenes1-2

1809 - 914 páginas
...incessantly at the same spot, before he lias succeeded in dishxlging and destroying them. At these times you may walk up pretty close to the tree, and even stund immediately below it, within five or six feet . of the bird, without in the least embarrassing...
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American Ornithology, Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volumen2

Alexander Wilson, George Ord - 1828 - 464 páginas
...hour, incessantly at the same spot, before he has succeeded in dislodging and destroying them. At these times you may walk up pretty close to the tree, and...be at work for two hours together on the same tree. Buffon calls this, " incessant toil and slavery," — their attitude, " a painful posture," — and...
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A Natural History of the Globe: Of Man, of Beasts, Birds, Fishes ..., Volumen3

Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - 522 páginas
...spot, till he has succeeded in dislodging them. At these times, you may walk pretty close to the tree without in the least embarrassing him: the strokes...several hundred yards off; and I have known him to work for two hours together on one tree. He has a single note or chink, which he frequently repeats...
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American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volumen1

Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 426 páginas
...hour incessantly at the same spot, before he has succeeded in dislodging and destroying them. At these times you may walk up pretty close to the tree, and even stand larly carry out the chips, often strewing them at a distance to prevent suspicion. This operation sometimes...
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American Ornithology; Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volumen1

Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, William Jardine - 1832 - 576 páginas
...hour incessantly at the same spot, before he has succeeded in dislodging and destroying them. At these times you may walk up pretty close to the tree, and...be at work for two hours together on the same tree. Buffon calls this " incessant toil and slavery," — their attitude " a painful posture," — and their...
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Parley's Magazine, Volumen1

1833 - 438 páginas
...hour incessantly at the same spot before he has succeeded in dislodging and destroying them. At thes6 times you may walk up pretty close to the tree, and...be at work for two hours together on the same tree. Bufibn calls this 'incessant toil and slavery ;' their attitude ' a painful posture ; ' and their life...
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A System of Natural History: Containing Scientific and Popular Descriptions ...

1834 - 700 páginas
...spot, till he has succeeded in dislodging them. At these times you may walk pretty close to the tree without in the least embarrassing him : the strokes...several hundred yards off; and I have known him to work for two hours together on one tree. He has a single note or chink, which he frequently repeats...
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A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volumen1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 páginas
...hour incessantly at the same spot, before he has succeeded in dislodging and destroying them. At these times you may walk up pretty close to the tree, and even stand immediately below it, within live or six feet of the bird, without in the least embarrassing him ; the strokes of his bill are distinctly...
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The Little gleaner, Volúmenes3-5

Septimus Sears - 1856 - 906 páginas
...half-an-hour incessantly at the same spot before he has succeeded in dislodging and destroying them. At these times, you may walk up pretty close to the tree, and...are distinctly heard several hundred yards off; and 1 have known him to be at work for two hours on the same tree." Its mode of making its nest in the...
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