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" Bayas are assembled on a high tree, they make a lively din, but it is rather chirping than singing ; their want of musical talents is, however, amply supplied by their wonderful sagacity, in which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitants of... "
The Modern Traveller. A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and ... - Page 88
by Josiah Conder - 1828
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 8

James Anderson - Books, Reviews - 1792 - 394 pages
...singing ;. Their want of musical ta'ents is., however, amply supplied by their wonderful sagacity, La which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitant of the forest.'* and it is well known the great pains Sir John Sinclair has taken, (and I hope will take,) to find out,...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 10, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 422 pages
...than finging : TSheir want of mufical talents is however amply fupplied by their wonderful fagacity, in which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitant of the foreft." 14. The nigra, or black grofsbeak, is about the fize of a Canary bird : the bill is Mack,...
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The Wonders of Nature and Art: Or, A Concise Account of Whatever ..., Volume 5

Thomas Smith - Civilization - 1803 - 322 pages
.... chirping than singing. Their want of musical talents, however, is amply supplied by sagacity, iu which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitant of the forest. , ..: There are various kinds of serpents in India, one of the most remarkable of which, called cobra...
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Annual Register, Volume 33

Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 910 pages
...din, but it is rather chirping than singing: their want of musical talents is, however, amply supplied by their wonderful sagacity, in which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitants of the forest. Case of a person becoming shortsighted in advanced age, by Thomas Henry,...
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The Farrier and Naturalist, Volume 2

1829 - 410 pages
...but it is rather chirping than singing ; their want of musical talents is, however, amply supplied by their wonderful sagacity, in which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitants of the forest. 79 ON FALCONRY. •[Continued from page 43.] The Lanner. THIS is a Hawk...
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Bertha's Visit to Her Uncle in England, Volume 1

Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - Children - 1830 - 350 pages
...they make a lively din or chirping; their want of musical talent, however, is compensated by their sagacity, in which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitant of the forest. There is another species of this family, found in Madagascar, which is sometimes called the toddy bird;...
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Arcana of Science and Art: Or, An Annual Register of Useful Inventions and ...

Industrial arts - 1830 - 318 pages
...din, but it is rather chirping than singing; their want of musical talents is, however, amply supplied by their wonderful sagacity, in which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitants of the forest.* THE CAT-FISH. THE author of Military Memoirs relates, " while fishing in...
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Southey's Common-place Book: Special collections

Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1850 - 484 pages
...but it is rather chirping than singing : their want of musical talents is, however, amply supplied by their wonderful sagacity, in which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitants of die forest." — AK' If A'K Au KHAN, of DMi. Rcsearchcs[The great Giant Jlnuoste of...
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Southey's common-place book. Ed. by J.W. Warter, Volume 2

Robert Southey - 1849 - 710 pages
...but it is rather chirping than singing ; their want of musical talents is, however, amply supplied by their wonderful sagacity, in which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitants of the forest." — AK' HAB ALI KHAN, of Dehli. Asiatic Researches. [The great Giant Ámeoste...
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Bertha's Journal During a Visit to Her Uncle in England: Containing a ...

Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1851 - 504 pages
...musical talent, however, is compensated by th * See Forbes's Oriental Memoirs, and Asiatic Researching. sagacity, in which they are not excelled by any feathered inhabitant of the forest. There is another species of this family found in Madagascar, which is sometimes called the toddy bird...
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