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The perching birds enjoy more leisure and greater safety than most other orders ; song is a luxury in which they can indulge on occasions when ground - birds , waders , and pelagic species must be searching for food or evading danger .
The perching birds enjoy more leisure and greater safety than most other orders ; song is a luxury in which they can indulge on occasions when ground - birds , waders , and pelagic species must be searching for food or evading danger .
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We shall not forget , however , that it is the courting impulse that inspires the true and most perfect song . But we must note also that both song and display are losing to a certain extent their original sexual significance and tend ...
We shall not forget , however , that it is the courting impulse that inspires the true and most perfect song . But we must note also that both song and display are losing to a certain extent their original sexual significance and tend ...
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The exigencies of courtship and territory are the factors governing the songs of the summer migrants to the British Isles . Bad weather may lessen their output and vehe- mence , but it cannot preclude song at that season of the year ...
The exigencies of courtship and territory are the factors governing the songs of the summer migrants to the British Isles . Bad weather may lessen their output and vehe- mence , but it cannot preclude song at that season of the year ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 266 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1936 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2021 |
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