 | George Montagu - 1831 - 670 σελίδες
...and not unfrequently in triumphant defiance of rivalry or attack. I have a red-breast at present, who will sing out whenever I snap my fingers at him ;...when a stone is thrown into the bush where he may be. Syme's remarks upon the songs of birds, are worth quoting : " The notes," he says, " of soft-billed... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - 422 σελίδες
...Syme upon this subject are appropriate, and, so far as we know, correct. " The notes,'' he tells us, " of soft-billed birds are finely toned, mellow, and plaintive; those of the hard-billed species are sprightly, cheerful, and rapid. This difference proceeds from the construction of the vocal organs.... | |
 | 1831 - 796 σελίδες
...acts as a stimulus. Syme's remarks on the songs of birds are worth quoting. ' The notes,' says he, ' of soft-billed birds, are finely toned, mellow and plaintive ; those of the hard-billed species are sprightly, cheerful and rapid. The difference proceeds from the construction of the larynx ; as... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 640 σελίδες
...and not unfrequently in triumphant defiance of rivalry or attack. I have a red-breast at present, who will sing out whenever I snap my fingers at him ;...when a stone is thrown into the bush where he may be. Syme's remarks upon the songs of birds, are worth quoting. The notes, he says, of soft-billed birds,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 410 σελίδες
...and watches him with a * Syme makes the following judicious remarks upon the songs of birds ; — " The notes of soft-billed birds are finely toned, mellow, and plaintive ; those of the hard-billed species are sprightly, cheerful, and rapid. This difference proceeds from the construction of the larynx ;... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 σελίδες
...and watches him with a * Syme makes the following judicious remarks upon the songs of birds : — " The notes of soft-billed birds are finely toned, mellow, and plaintive ; those of the hard-billed species are sprightly, cheerful, and rapid. This difference proceeds from the construction of the larynx ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 σελίδες
...BIRDS. — Syme'i remarks upon the songs of birds are worth quoting. " The notes," he says, •• of soft-billed birds are finely toned, mellow, and plaintive ; those of the hard-billed species are sprightly, cheerful, and rapid. This difference proceeds from the construction of the larynx ;... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1853 - 402 σελίδες
...nnd watches him with a * Syme makes the following judicious remarks upon the songs of birds : — " The notes of soft-billed birds are finely toned, mellow, and plaintive ; those of the hard-hilled species are sprightly, cheerful, and rapid. This difference proceeds from the construction... | |
 | Johann Matthäus Bechstein - 1856 - 598 σελίδες
...and not unfrequently in triumphant defiance of rivalry or attack. He says, " I have a Bed-breast who will sing out whenever I snap my fingers at him, and...a stone is thrown into the bush where he may be." According to SYME, the Song of birds may be divided into six distinct utterances :— -first, there... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 σελίδες
...and not unfrequently in triumphant defiance of rivalry or attack. He says: "I have a redbreast who will sing out whenever I snap my fingers at him, and...a stone is thrown into the bush where he may be." According to Syme, the song of birds may be divided into six distinct utterances: first, there is the... | |
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that the notes of soft-billed birds are finely toned, mellow, and plaintive ; those of the hard-billed species sprightly, cheerful, and rapid. This difference proceeds from the construction of the larynx : as a large pipe of an organ produces a deeper... 
