 who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lap-wing, and the tremulous neighing...  Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds - Page 37by George Montagu - 1831 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1807 - 472 pages
...issue from the water-fowl ; the croaking of the mallard, the scream of the wild-goose, the whineing of the lap-wing, and the tremulous neighing of the jack-snipe ; but of all the sounds, there are none so dismally hollow as that which comes from the bittern's croaking voice.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 470 pages
...hawks thirty-five years before. CHAP. VI. Of the Bittern or Mire-drum. J. HOSE who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented rivers,...from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing, and the tremulous neighing of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 470 pages
...CHAP. VI. ..] . , i Of the Bittern or Mire-drum. JL HOSE who have walked in an evening by the sedgv sides of unfrequented rivers, must remember a variety...from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing, and the tremulous neighing of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Zoology - 1824 - 510 pages
...hawks thirty-five years before. CHAPTER VI. OF THE BITTERN OR MIRE-DRUM. THOSE who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water fowl-, the loud scream of the wiW goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing,... | |
 | Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 586 pages
...which is blue, the WHITE HERON, and the BITTERN, or MIREDRUM. THE BITTERN. THOSE who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented rivers,...notes from different waterfowl: the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lapwing, and the tremulous neighing of... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...* Ornith.by Ray, p. 283. be somewhat tinged with poetry. " Those," says he, " who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented rivers,...from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lap-wing, and the tremulous neighing of... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1832 - 566 pages
...Rennie describes it in a very picturesque manner. ' Those,' he says, ' who have walked in a sum' mer's evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented ' rivers must remember a variety of notes from differ' ent water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, ' the croaking of the mallard, the whining... | |
 | James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 406 pages
...rivers, must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the wild goose, the croaking of the mallard, the whining of the lap-wing,...the tremulous neighing of the jack-snipe. But of all those sounds there is none so dismally hollow as the booming of the bittern. It is impossible for words... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Birds - 1836 - 322 pages
...more minute, but is perhaps somewhat tinged with poetry. " Those," says he, " who have walked in an evening by the sedgy sides of unfrequented rivers...from different water-fowl; the loud scream of the Wild Goose, the croaking of the Mallard, the whining of the Lapwing, and the tremulous neighing of... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - Birds - 1836 - 296 pages
...rivers must remember a variety of notes from different water-fowl ; the loud scream of the Wild Goose, the croaking of the Mallard, the whining of the Lapwing,...the tremulous neighing of the Jack-Snipe. But of all those sounds there is none so dismally hollow as the booming of the Bittern. It is impossible to give... | |
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