 | Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson - 1888 - 264 pages
...blending of innumerable voices producing a rushing sound as of a high wind. At the end of summer -they congregate in flocks of tens of thousands, so that the ground where they are feeding seems carpeted with black, and the trees when they alight appear to have a black foliage.... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1893 - 1272 pages
...blending of innumerable voices producing a rushing sound as of a high wind. At the end of summer they congregate in flocks of tens of thousands so that the ground where they are feeding seems carpeted with black, and the trees when they alight appear to have a black foliage.... | |
 | Charles Bendire - 1895 - 48 pages
...blending of innumerable voices producing a rushing sound as of a high wind. At the end of summer they congregate in flocks of tens of thousands so that the ground where they are feeding seems carpeted with black, and the trees when they alight appear to have a black foliage.... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1920 - 294 pages
...blending of innumerable voices producing a rushing sound as of a high wind. At the end of summer they congregate in flocks of tens of thousands, so that the ground where they are feeding seems carpeted with black, and the trees when they alight appear to have a black foliage.... | |
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... melody to express fear and other painful emotions. On rainy days, when they are driven to the shelter of trees, they will often sing together for hours without intermission, the blending of innumerable voices producing a rushing sound as of a high... 