 The ascendancy by this call, or invitation, is so great, that the wild bird is stopped in its course of flight, and if not already acquainted with the nets, lights boldly within twenty yards of perhaps three or four bird-catchers, on a spot which...  British Zoology - Page 554by Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 278 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Conduct of life - 1792 - 494 pages
...call iliort jerks, which, when the birds are good, iruy be heard at a great diftancc. Thf afcendancy by this call or invitation is fo great, that the wild bird is uopped in its courte of flight and if not already acquainted with the nets §, lights boldly within... | |
 | Hunting - 1797 - 422 pages
...not fing as a bird does in a chamber ; they invite the wild ones by what the birdcatchers call (hört jerks, which, when the birds are good, may be heard at a great diftance; the «{tendency is fo great, the wild bird, by this call or invitation, is flopped in its courfe of flight,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...as n bird does in a chamber ; they invite the wild ones by what the bird-catchers call ihort jeib, which when the birds are good, may be heard at a great diftance. The afcendancy by this call or invitation is fo great, that the wild bird is flopped in it> courfe of flight,... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...not fing as a bird does in a chamber ; they invite the wild ones by what the bird-catchers call Ihort jerks, which when the birds are good, may be heard at a great dillance. The afcendancy by this call or invitation is fo great, that the wild bird is flopped in it-... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...call Jhort jerks, which, .when die birds are ggod, may be heard at a great diftance. The afi-endtncy by this call or invitation is fo great, that the wild bird is llopped in its coiirfe of flight ; and, if not already acquainted with the nets (li), lights boldly... | |
 | History - 1800 - 614 pages
...fing ai a bird does in a chamber ; they invite the wild ones, by what the bird-catchers call ihort jerks, which, when the birds are good, may be heard at a great ' dilîance; the afcehdancy, by this call or invitation, is fo great, that the wild bird is flopped... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 716 pages
...not sing as a bird does in a chamber ; they invite the wild ones by what the bird-catchers call short jerks, which, when the birds are good, may be heard at a great distance. The ascendency by this call or invitation is so great, that the wild bird is stopped in its... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...not sing as a bird does in a chamber ; they invite the wild ones by what the bird-catcher* call short jerks, which, when the birds are good, may be heard at a great distance. The asccuJeucy by tlus cull or invitation u *> glut, that the wild bird is stopped in its... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Physical geography - 1816 - 470 pages
...callbirds do not sing upon these occasions as a bird does in a chamber, but incite the wild ones by short jerks, which, when the birds are good, may be heard at a great distance. The allurement of this call IB so great, that the wild bird hearing it is stopped in its... | |
 | English literature - 1837 - 604 pages
...not sing as a bird does in a chamber; they invite the wild ones by what the bird-catchers call short jerks, which, when the birds are good, may be heard at a great distance. The ascendancy by this call, or invitation, is so great, that the wild bird is stopped in... | |
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