The Birds of Jamaica
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If he frequents the open slopes and crests of the hills, he glides from tree to tree, just above the surface of the grass. If he rises above the lower branches of the pimento, or into some of the loftier shrubs, it is to visit the Tillandsias, 140 PASSERES. TURDID^.
or parasitical wild-pines, to drink from within the heart-leaves at those reservoirs of collected dews, which are the only resource of the birds in these high mountains. His dark sooty plumage, his brilliant orange bill, and his hab...it, when surprised or disturbed, of escaping by running or flying low, and sounding all the while his alarm scream till he gets away into the thicket, completely identify him with the European Blackbird.
"It was in the month of July, in 1834, that I first heard the song of this Ouzel, which I would call Merula Saltator, as this name preserves his dis- tinctive soubriquet of Hopping Dick, and refers to his characteristic length of legs, both at the tarsus and the thighs. The shock of an earthquake had wakened all the living tenants of the plantation at which I was staying, when the voice of this bird, as the alarm lulled into silence, was heard from a small coppice of cedar-trees, clear and mellow.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
If he frequents the open slopes and crests of the hills, he glides from tree to tree, just above the surface of the grass. If he rises above the lower branches of the pimento, or into some of the loftier shrubs, it is to visit the Tillandsias, 140 PASSERES. TURDID^.
or parasitical wild-pines, to drink from within the heart-leaves at those reservoirs of collected dews, which are the only resource of the birds in these high mountains. His dark sooty plumage, his brilliant orange bill, and his hab...it, when surprised or disturbed, of escaping by running or flying low, and sounding all the while his alarm scream till he gets away into the thicket, completely identify him with the European Blackbird.
"It was in the month of July, in 1834, that I first heard the song of this Ouzel, which I would call Merula Saltator, as this name preserves his dis- tinctive soubriquet of Hopping Dick, and refers to his characteristic length of legs, both at the tarsus and the thighs. The shock of an earthquake had wakened all the living tenants of the plantation at which I was staying, when the voice of this bird, as the alarm lulled into silence, was heard from a small coppice of cedar-trees, clear and mellow.
What to read after The Birds of Jamaica?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Philip Henry Gosse to read onlineMoreLess
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