. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. Ill the difference was produced by a rising and lulUng of the breeze, or whether the musician actually altered its note and intensity of noise (or must I call it music]), I could never decide. As long as I fancied the performer to be an insect, I was incUned to believe that one of the first suppositions was correct; for it seemed hardly^ possible that the purely mechanical action of an insect's thighs against its body could produce variety of sound—as well. THE GKASSHOPPER expect varied intonations from a mill-wheel or
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. Ill the difference was produced by a rising and lulUng of the breeze, or whether the musician actually altered its note and intensity of noise (or must I call it music]), I could never decide. As long as I fancied the performer to be an insect, I was incUned to believe that one of the first suppositions was correct; for it seemed hardly^ possible that the purely mechanical action of an insect's thighs against its body could produce variety of sound—as well. THE GKASSHOPPER expect varied intonations from a mill-wheel or saw-pit. Attentive observation, and the knowledge that the noise in question proceeded not from the exterior of an insect, but from the throat of a bird, has led me to form another conclusion. I am not surprised at my having fallen into the error ; for the song of this bird is but an exaggeration of the grasshopper's note, and resembles the noise pro- duced by pulling out the line from the winch of a fishing-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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