 | Alexander Wilson, George Ord - Birds - 1828 - 464 pages
...skimming about the house and before the door, alighting on the wood pile, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight they generally become silent, unless...they are heard with little intermission till morning. If there be a creek near, with high precipitous bushy banks, they are sure to be found in such situations.... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1829 - 364 pages
...skimming about the house, and before the door, alighting on the wood-pile, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight they generally become silent, unless...clear moonlight, .when they are heard with little intemiiision till morning." . -WJ . . XXIII. IT is not improbable that the Guernsey lizard and our... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - Birds - 1831 - 380 pages
...skimming about the house and before the door, alighting on the wood pile, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight they generally become silent, unless...they are heard with little intermission till morning. If there be a creek near, with high precipitous bushy banks, they are sure to be found in such situations.... | |
 | 1831 - 796 pages
...skimming about the house and before, the door, alighting on the wood pile, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight they generally become silent, unless...they are heard with little intermission till morning. If there be a creek near, with high precipitous bushy banks, they are sure to be found in such situations.... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - Natural history - 1831 - 522 pages
...and last syllables being uttered with great emphasis. When near, you often hear an introductory cluck between the notes. Towards midnight they generally become silent, unless in clear moonlight. During the day, they sit in the most retired, solitary, and deep shaded parts of the woods, where they... | |
 | Gilbert White - Natural history - 1832 - 354 pages
...skimming about the house, and before the door, alighting on the wood-pile, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight they generally become silent, unless...are heard with little intermission till morning." — WJ XXIII. IT is not improbable that the Guernsey lizard and our green lizards may be specifically... | |
 | Alexander Wilson - Birds - 1832 - 472 pages
...skimming about the house and before the door, alighting on the wood pile, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight they generally become silent, unless...they are heard with little intermission till morning. If there be a creek near, with high precipitous bushy banks, they are sure to be found in such situations.... | |
 | S. Waring - Birds - 1832 - 284 pages
...skimming about the house, and before the door, alighting on the wood-piles, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight, they generally become silent, unless...they are heard with little intermission till morning. During the day, they sit in the most retired, solitary, and deep-shaded parts of the woods, generally... | |
 | S. Waring - Birds - 1832 - 286 pages
...skimming about the house, and before the door, alighting on the wood-piles, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight, they generally become silent, unless...they are heard with little intermission till morning. During the day, they sit in the most retired, solitary, and deep-shaded parts of the woods, generally... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 pages
...skimming about the house, and before the door, alighting on the wood-pile, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight they generally become silent, unless...they are heard with little intermission till morning. Wilson. — American Ornithology, vol. vp 73. THE STORMY PETREL. THERE are few persons who have crossed... | |
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At these times, as well as at almost all others, they fly low, not more than a few feet from the surface, skimming about the house and before the door, alighting on the wood pile, or settling on the roof. Towards midnight they generally become silent,... 
