Bird-life; being a history of the bird, its structure, and habits, together with sketches of fifty different species (1874)
Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884 · London, J. Van Voorst · leaf 755
e and at its end, a fine flute-liketrill. Unfortunately, in captivity, the Wren does notsing so persistently as in a wild state, and on this account,though much may be said in favour of keeping thislittle fellow in a cage, and having him always by one, itis far more agreeable to watch him flying… … CHAPTEE I. THE DIPPEE, OR WATER OUZEL (CIndus aquations). He has no fellowship with waving woods,—He joins not in their merry minstrelsy,—But flits from ledge to ledge, and through the daySings to the highland waterfall,—that speaksTo him in strains he loves, and lists For ever. N. T. CARBINGTON.…
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