 He many times deceives the sportsman, and sends him in search of birds that perhaps are not within miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates ; even birds themselves are frequently imposed on by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied...  The Illustrated Natural History - Page 221by John George Wood - 1855 - 444 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the s-parrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of his £f<n? by confinement. In his domesticated... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk." It is a very remarkable circumstance that one single bird always assumes the mastery... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk." It is a very remarkable circumstance that one single bird always assumes the mastery... | |
 | John George Wood - 1862 - 804 pages
...mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk." It is a very remarkable circumstance that one single bird always assumes the mastery... | |
 | John Ware - 1863 - 466 pages
...themselves, are frequently imposed upon by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied call of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the...scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In his domesticated... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive, with precipitation4, into the depths of thickets, at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk, 6. The mocking bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement.... | |
 | John George Wood - 1831 - 802 pages
...mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the depths of thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow hawk." It is a very remarkable circumstance that one single bird always assumes the mastery... | |
 | William Smellie - 1860 - 468 pages
...themselves, are frequently imposed upon by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied call of their mates, or dive with precipitation into the...scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In his domesticated... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1869 - 150 pages
...and are decoyed by the fancied calls of their mate, or dive with precipitation into the depths of the thickets at the scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of its song by confinement. In his domesticated... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1872 - 322 pages
...miles of him, but whose notes he exactly imitates : even birds themselves are frequently imposed on by this admirable mimic, and are decoyed by the fancied...scream of what they suppose to be the sparrow-hawk. The mocking-bird loses little of the power and energy of his song by confinement. In his domesticated... | |
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