And yet Corinthian LYCIUS never doted on the white-throated charmer of his soul. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891] Reference
The white-throated sparrow is far from flashy, never one to spark love at first sight. From Wordnik.com. [White-Throated Sparrows and the Return of Old Sam Peabody] Reference
And then the white-throated sparrow will feel the instinctual call to head back north. From Wordnik.com. [White-Throated Sparrows and the Return of Old Sam Peabody] Reference
It was a song about the love of a white-throated sparrow for a birch-tree of the North. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
The conservation status in 1982 of the Aldabra white-throated rail Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus. From Wordnik.com. [Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles] Reference
Causes and consequences of social dominance in wintering white-throated sparrows by Walter H Piper. From Wordnik.com. [Mesozoic Menu] Reference
A succession of songsters performs cameos against the melancholy chorus of white-throated sparrows. From Wordnik.com. [Birding In Central Park] Reference
I have to say that the white-throated sparrows in Maine are inferior to the ones we knew in Michigan. From Wordnik.com. [First Frost? Also, migrant workers] Reference
I spend a long time watching a white-throated sparrow poking around in the bushes outside the outhouse. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
Then, in the distance, the thin, wavering whistle of the white-throated sparrow, the first one of the season. From Wordnik.com. [Bailey White: 'The Telephone Man'] Reference
At the north pool overlook I spend a long time just listening to a white-throated sparrow holding forth from a shrub. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
In addition to the white-throated babbler, it also identifies the hooded treepie (Crypsirina cucullata) as vulnerable. From Wordnik.com. [Irrawaddy moist deciduous forests] Reference
Ah, yes, cold weather means the return of old Sam Peabody, i.e., the song of the humbly magnificent white-throated sparrow. From Wordnik.com. [White-Throated Sparrows and the Return of Old Sam Peabody] Reference
'Twas the white-throated sparrow, that sped a light arrow. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9] Reference
The quaint little thick-billed mites known as white-throated munias. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
Now and then came the sweet, plaintive song of the white-throated sparrow. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador] Reference
The white-throated sparrow sings nine distinct variations of the same song. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest] Reference
A clear-eyed, white-throated, capable young woman, almost poignantly pretty. From Wordnik.com. [Gigolo] Reference
This is especially noticeable in the case of the white-throated laughing-thrush. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
Around timber-line in summer one may hear the happy song of the white-throated sparrow. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Life on the Rockies] Reference
Asher hurried to the door, and as he opened it, Pilot, the big white-throated dog from the. From Wordnik.com. [Winning the Wilderness] Reference
As we approached the base of the mountain, a white-throated sparrow was piping by the roadside. From Wordnik.com. [The Foot-path Way] Reference
The tamest bird about me was a big yellow-breasted white-throated flycatcher, and I had seen this. From Wordnik.com. [Edge of the Jungle] Reference
The "Peabody" song of the white-throated sparrows is to be heard occasionally during both migrations. From Wordnik.com. [Birds in the Bush] Reference
A big white-throated Scotch collie lay beside him, waiting patiently for his master to start for home. From Wordnik.com. [Winning the Wilderness] Reference
The North speaks, however, only in the voices of three -- the two thrushes, and the white-throated sparrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest] Reference
Bringing my glass to my eyes, I found that it was a bird, and one of the white-throated family I so longed to see. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird-Lover in the West] Reference
Without question I passed plenty of white-throated sparrows, but by some coincidence not one of them announced himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Foot-path Way] Reference
There was nothing to break the silence except the thin clear whistle of the white-throated sparrow far back in the woods. From Wordnik.com. [Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness] Reference
Some birds that nest on the ground sleep there, as well, including meadowlarks, white-throated sparrows, towhees and juncos. From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
Except for two or three flocks of white-throated sparrows; there was no sign whatever that the night before had brought us a "flight.". From Wordnik.com. [The Foot-path Way] Reference
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