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Anyone who has listened to a recording of a succession of sparrows , say , or warblers , in one of Peterson's Field Guides and has tried to find that particular sparrow or warbler he heard on his morning walk , will know that recordings ...
Anyone who has listened to a recording of a succession of sparrows , say , or warblers , in one of Peterson's Field Guides and has tried to find that particular sparrow or warbler he heard on his morning walk , will know that recordings ...
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The Desert Sparrow Do not wait eagerly for the desert sparrow , for he will not appear until the end , and then in no dramatic way . He is in any case a small bird , with a small song , soberly feathered and somewhat elusive .
The Desert Sparrow Do not wait eagerly for the desert sparrow , for he will not appear until the end , and then in no dramatic way . He is in any case a small bird , with a small song , soberly feathered and somewhat elusive .
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THE DESERT SPARROW The Sparrow “ Desert sparrow ” is still the common local name of Amphispiza bilineata , or black - throated sparrow . An account of it and of other sparrows resident in the desert may be found in Jaeger's Our.
THE DESERT SPARROW The Sparrow “ Desert sparrow ” is still the common local name of Amphispiza bilineata , or black - throated sparrow . An account of it and of other sparrows resident in the desert may be found in Jaeger's Our.
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Contents
Something about Swans | 3 |
The Pleasures of Seconds | 21 |
Listening | 37 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Something about Swans: Essays |
| Author | Madeleine Doran |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press, 1973 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0299061701, 9780299061708 |
| Length | 118 pages |
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