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Jenner Weir informs me that this is certainly the case with the nightingale. Bechstein, who kept birds during his whole life, asserts, "that the female canary always chooses the best singer, and that in a state of nature the female finch selects that male out of a hundred whose notes please her most." 'Naturgeschichte der Stubenvogel, 1840, s. 4. Mr. Mr.
I heard two names Chelius and what sounded like a Dutch word, Bommaerts. Then to my joy I caught Effenbein, and when uttered it seemed to be followed by a laugh. I heard too a phrase several times repeated, which seemed to me to be pure gibberish Die Stubenvogel verstehn. It was spoken by the man from the sea. And then the word Wildvogel. The pair seemed demented about birds.
Hist. 2nd series, pp. 42 and 117. For the following statements see on the wigeon, 'Loudon's Mag. of Nat. Hist. vol. ix. p. 616; L. Lloyd, 'Scandinavian Adventures, vol. i. 1854, p. 452. Dixon, 'Ornamental and Domestic Poultry, p. 137; Hewitt, in 'Journal of Horticulture, Jan. 13, 1863, p. 40; Bechstein, 'Stubenvogel, 1840, s. 230. Mr. Many additional instances could be given; and the Rev.
They're the birds in the cage, the what is it your friend called them? 'Die Stubenvogel, I said. 'Yes, but all the birds aren't caged. There's a few outside the bars and they don't collect noos. They do things. If there's anything desperate they're put on the job, and they've got power to act without waiting on instructions from home.
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