 Montagu, and he maintained that the 'males of songbirds and of many others do not in general search for the female, but, on the contrary, their business in spring is to perch on some conspicuous spot, breathing out their full and amorous notes, which,...  Popular British ornithology - Page 34by Philip Henry Gosse - 1849 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry T. Finck - Beauty culture - 1887 - 650 pages
...searches for a male and not vice vtrtd. Montagu, for instance, asserts that "males of song-birds ami of many others do not in general search for the female, but, on the contrary, their business in spring is to perch on some conspicuous spot, breathing out their full and amorous notes, which, by... | |
 | Franklyn Pierre Davis - Artificial insemination - 1917 - 148 pages
...voice that attracts men 2 . Among birds it is the female that seeks the male, and Montagu asserts that: "Males of song-birds and many others do not in general search for females, but on the contrary, their business in spring is to perch on some conspicuous spot, breathing... | |
 | Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess - Social sciences - 1921 - 844 pages
...more careful observers ever lived than Montagu, and he maintained that the 'males of songbirds and of many others do not in general search for the female, but, on the contrary, their business in spring is to perch on some conspicuous spot, breathing out their full and amorous notes, which, by... | |
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