 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 Seiten
...every male within hearing responds, rolling note after note, in the most rapid succession ; not as wheu spreading the tail and strutting near the hen, but...with this remarkable voice of their wooing, uttered responsi vely from their roosting places. This is continued for about au hour; and, on the rising of... | |
 | Edward Turner Bennett - 1831 - 346 Seiten
...utters a call, every male within hearing responds, rolh'ng note after note in the most rapid succession. Where the Turkeys are numerous, the woods from one...hundreds of miles, resound with this remarkable voice of wooing, which is continued for about an hour before sun-rise. They then silently descend from their... | |
 | 1846 - 544 Seiten
...but in a voice resembling that of the tame turkey when he hears any unusual or frequently-repeated noise. Where the turkeys are numerous, the woods —...hundreds of miles — resound with this remarkable noise, uttered responsively from their roosting-places : this is continued for about an hour ; and,... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1853 - 550 Seiten
...within hearing responds, rolling nol after note, in the most rapid succession ; not as when spread g the tail and strutting near the hen, but in a voice...from one end to the other, sometimes for hundreds ot miles, resounds with this remarkable voice of their wooing, uttered responsively from their roosting... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1862 - 632 Seiten
...hen, but in a voice resembling that of the tame Turkey when he hears any unusual or frequentlyrepeated noise. Where the Turkeys are numerous, the woods,...voice of their wooing, uttered responsively from their roosting-places. This is continued for about an hour; and, on the rising of the son, they silently... | |
 | Robert Jennings - 1864 - 498 Seiten
...turkey when he hears any unusual or frequently-repeated noise. Where the turkeys are numerous, th£ woods, from one end to the other, sometimes for hundreds...with this remarkable voice of their wooing, uttered responsive ly from their roosting- places. This is continued for about an hour ; and, on the rising... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 Seiten
...them, though the latter pertinaciously follow them, gobbling loudly. "The sexes," continues the Prince, "roost apart, but at no great distance, so that when...continued for about an hour; and, on the rising of the eun, they silently descend from their perches, and the males begin to strut for the purpose of winning... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1871 - 622 Seiten
...succession, in a tone resembling that of the domestic turkey, when an unusual sound reaches its ear. Where the turkeys are numerous, the woods, from one...end to the other, sometimes for hundreds of miles, it is said, resound with the remarkable noise thus caused. At sunrise it ceases, and all descend from... | |
 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1835 - 440 Seiten
...previous, the females separate from, und shun their mates, though the latter pertinaciously follow tiiem, uttering their gobbling note. The sexes roost apart,...with this remarkable voice of their wooing, uttered reeponsively from their roosting places. This is continued for about an hour; and, on the rising of... | |
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The sexes roost apart, but at no great distance, so that, when the female utters a call, every male within hearing responds, rolling note after note, in the most rapid succession ; not as when spreading the tail and strutting near the hen, but in a voice... 