MacMillan's Magazine, Volume 79Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris 1898 |
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Page 74
... bird spreading its round wings floats into the air . It is soon followed by two or three others , whose cries are shorter and pitched in a lower key , the whole forming a sort of song and chorus , These birds are the crested cuckoo and ...
... bird spreading its round wings floats into the air . It is soon followed by two or three others , whose cries are shorter and pitched in a lower key , the whole forming a sort of song and chorus , These birds are the crested cuckoo and ...
Page 76
... birds - they persuade the poor mother to yield up the morsel to them . The scene is touch- ing , and it also affords food for re- flection , for here is evidently a high order of intelligence ; a struggle has taken place in the bird's ...
... birds - they persuade the poor mother to yield up the morsel to them . The scene is touch- ing , and it also affords food for re- flection , for here is evidently a high order of intelligence ; a struggle has taken place in the bird's ...
Page 77
... birds , called by natives ablak - mynas . These birds have a sweet trilling note , and are sometimes seen kept in cages . Somewhat apart from them are the Pagoda mynas , small dove - grey birds with ruddy salmon - coloured breasts and ...
... birds , called by natives ablak - mynas . These birds have a sweet trilling note , and are sometimes seen kept in cages . Somewhat apart from them are the Pagoda mynas , small dove - grey birds with ruddy salmon - coloured breasts and ...
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