| 单词 | titmouse |
| 例句 | She’s got a lovely voice, but her memory is like that of a titmouse with curvature of the brain. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “And a howl,” she said, behind her fan, “like the song of the titmouse.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The cavities that woodpeckers create and later abandon provide living space for other creatures — birds such as titmice, nuthatches and wrens, but also for flying squirrels, Mason said. The percussive appeal of the woodpecker 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z In front of the lodge, more than a dozen feeders were filled with bridled titmouse, cartoonish acorn woodpeckers, thick-billed, black-headed grosbeaks and gregarious pine siskins. A Birding Adventure in Arizona’s ‘Sky Islands’ 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Cardinals, juncos, jays, nuthatches, tufted titmice and rusty blackbirds — the blackbirds were unusual here, possibly driven astray by storms — also arrived for treats, though none came as close. Eagle-Eyed Urbanites? Winter Treks 2011-02-17T21:01:12Z They concluded that in agricultural areas, species of greater conservation concern, like the oak titmouse, would see worse outcomes than species of lower concern, like the house sparrow. Birds nesting in agricultural lands more vulnerable to extreme heat, study finds 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z “I am happy when I watch a tufted titmouse, nuthatch or any other bird fly to one of my feeders and chow down on a big fat nut or seed,” wrote Donna McDowell of Gaithersburg. Perspective | Want to be happy on the inside? Try going outside. 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z However, a new study, published last week in the journal Ecology, shows that several species of bird, including chickadees and titmice, don’t just scavenge hair, they steal it. Sneaky Thieves Steal Hair From Foxes, Raccoons, Dogs, Even You 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z In an analysis of 134 playback sessions, Bai, Sieving and their colleagues found that both the number of birds and the diversity of species in attendance influenced both chickadees’ and titmice’s level of aggression. Bird Brawlers Love Spectators—Other Avian Species Are Welcome at Ringside 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Populations of American crows, tufted titmice, gray catbirds and brown thrashers dropped below normal during the cicada emergence year—and then increased the following year, after which they stabilized. Brood X Cicadas Could Cause a Bird Baby Boom 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z This is something you’re just not going to see for, say, cockatiels, Labrador retriever puppies, baby giraffes or even a tufted titmouse. We humans have dumped on the poor pigeon for too long; it’s high time to admire this fascinating, fast, quirky bird 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z All around the yard the downy woodpeckers and the Carolina wrens and the tufted titmice are traveling from branch to branch, two by two. Opinion | I Will Not Rest Until This Garden Grows 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Last spring, Dr. Pollock was participating in his university’s annual spring bird count when a tufted titmouse caught his eye. Sneaky Thieves Steal Hair From Foxes, Raccoons, Dogs, Even You 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z If no other birds were watching, titmice usually sang a few times and flew up to the speaker once or twice and then called it quits. Bird Brawlers Love Spectators—Other Avian Species Are Welcome at Ringside 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z In Michigan over the summer, an array of feeders attracted Baltimore Orioles, tufted titmice, red-bellied woodpeckers, rose-breasted grosbeaks, warblers and pine siskins. Get the Birds To Come To You 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z “By creating new cavities each year, these birds provide cavities for other cavity-nesters, like chickadees and titmice.” Tiny songbird that vanished from Missouri returns to state 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z "I discovered there's an oak titmouse nesting on my back patio," she says. Now’s a great time to become a backyard naturalist — here’s how 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z The titmouse managed to steal over 20 beak-fulls of the raccoon’s fur without waking it. Sneaky Thieves Steal Hair From Foxes, Raccoons, Dogs, Even You 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Bai walked around suburban woods in Gainesville, Fla., and two nearby natural areas, searching for chickadees and titmice that were quietly foraging. Bird Brawlers Love Spectators—Other Avian Species Are Welcome at Ringside 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z I thought of getting one of those plastic owls and sticking it outside, but I realized it might scare away the birds we do like to attract: the cardinals, titmice, finches and wrens. Perspective | When it comes to highfalutin euphemisms, it’s the war of the words 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z There was a titmouse in an oak tree and a chickadee on a fence post. Perspective | On a wing and a prayer: What do backyard birds talk about? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Mealworm seedcake, for example, is designed to attract bluebirds, orioles, wrens, jays, chickadees and titmice. Passion for bird-watching led brothers to build a birdseed empire 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z I cherish seeing them on my cold-weather hikes, as they forage in mixed flocks with nuthatches, titmice and other woodland birds. The Black-Capped Chickadee, Curious and Congenial 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Birds that are this accommodating almost always are the drab ones, or the usual suspects, your chickadees and titmice. What backyard birds can tell us about our changing world 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Walking through the Locust Grove, he spied a tufted titmouse, and from the ramparts of Belvedere Castle he spotted through his binoculars a common grackle and a palm warbler. Rare Find in New York: A Teenage Birder 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Dozens of birds listen to tufted titmice, who act like the forest’s crossing guards. Decoding the Cacophony of Birds’ Warning Calls 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z I understand that tits are called titmice in some parts of the world. Great tits: still murderous, rapacious, flesh-rending predators! 2013-02-06T19:45:00.303Z She recently sold a local dog-walker a whimsical rendering of three tufted titmice gathered at a child’s feet with a park scene in the background. Character Study: Lee Rogers, a Watercolor Artist, Uses Painting to Escape Life on the Streets 2012-12-23T02:27:18Z Many birds inhabit this area, including hawks, ravens, towhees, jays, juncos, woodpeckers, doves, sparrows and titmice. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z Comes friend Butler with his warrant, tripping it through the woods, and singing of the King like a titmouse on a stump. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z Tit, tit, n. one of various small birds, a pipit, tomtit, or titmouse. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z So, seriously, would you call this species the ‘Great titmouse’? Great tits: still murderous, rapacious, flesh-rending predators! 2013-02-06T19:45:00.303Z The orchards where chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, and kinglets have dined all winter, will contain few worm-eaten apples next season. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z A cloud of blue titmice was twittering in a leafless alder, glancing from twig to twig. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z In the hemlocks toward the valley from here, are hundreds of fine timber trees, and we could hear among them nut-hatches, chickadees and titmice. Rambles with John Burroughs 2011-10-22T02:00:31.317Z But confess, my benefactress, that you did not bring these titmice here without secret designs. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Though Zend had stopped, they expected to hear something again; but they heard only the piping voice of Rekuts,-- "Those are titmice sitting near the chimney!" The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z When it comes to acrobatic performances in the trees, neither the chickadee nor the titmouse can rival their relatives, the little bluish gray nuthatches. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z You are no bigger than a titmouse; you can live on a grain of millet and drink out of a thimble. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Some evidence of a supposed tendency to intermarry among birds may perhaps be deduced from the practice of the long-tailed titmouse. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z In the ha-ha wall of the park, which is made of loose stones or without mortar, the tomtit, or titmouse, has his nest. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z Yesterday while trying the roan steed he rode to Volmontovichi; he merely rode along the highway, but he saw many titmice, for they were coming from vespers. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z If you ever hear a troupe of titmice whistling Peto over and over again for hours at a time, you will pity poor Schumann and fear a similar fate for the birds. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z But one evening, when he came in from the wearisome cross-examination that seemed as if it would never end, lo, and behold, there lay the titmouse dead in his cage. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z In a fir tree here Esau came upon a family of cole titmice, and another of creepers, all very busy swinging themselves about, and creeping up and down the tree in search of dinner. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z All he did was to make snares for birds; he kept a number of birds in his room, especially titmice. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Zend saw them at last; he whistled so piercingly that it rang in the ears of all, and then shouted, "Mighty lords! titmice are under the window,--titmice!" The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Another call—day-day-day—reminds you of the chickadee's, only the tufted titmouse's voice is louder and a little hoarse, as it well might be from such constant use. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Theirs was one of three titmouse nests just then claiming my attention. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z The chickadees, the crested titmice, and the nuthatches dig their own holes after the same pattern as the woodpecker’s. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z We took turns aiming at the chickadees and titmice that flitted in the trees and on a clothesline strung between two branches. Passions and Detachment in Journalism 2010-08-31T14:39:00Z Every season, I was told, this flycatcher nested in the same hollow; and every season the hollow was previously nested in by a tufted titmouse. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open When you find a flock of either chickadees or titmice, you may be sure it is made up chiefly, if not entirely, of the birds of one or two broods of the same parents. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z My two other titmouse nests were both in apple-trees, and one of them was in my own door-yard, though beyond convenient reach without the help of a ladder. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Some time since, a pair of blue titmice built their nest in the upper part of an old pump, fixing on the pin, on which the handle worked. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom The titmice had been flying back and forth from the hen-yard with chicken's feathers, and it seemed such slow work for them I thought I would help them. A-Birding on a Bronco The notes of the lark, the yellowhammer, the green finch, the blackbird, the thrush, the red-tail, and the titmouse are heard all at once. On the Heights A Novel Don't expect to meet the tufted titmouse if you live very far north of Washington. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z Perhaps no titmouse ever before had so timorous a wife. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z Thus the eggs of the plover are pear-shaped, of the sand-grouse more or less cylindrical, of the owls and titmice spherical and of the grebes biconical. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Straws and horsehair the titmouse evidently classed together. A-Birding on a Bronco As they walked through the winding paths of the park the trees shed their golden leaves upon the coffin and the titmice in the brushwood chanted the dirge. Black Diamonds Our lawyer pounced upon him like a hawk on a titmouse. Miss Cayley's Adventures It may consist of two notes of a different pitch repeated steadily, as in the tufted titmouse. The Meaning of Evolution Emerson talks of his titmouse as Raphael talks of his emmet. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index They picked out their crack in the oak and began to build without any advice from me, winning little gray-crested titmice that they were. A-Birding on a Bronco I was standing under an apple-tree, watching a pair of titmice who were hollowing out a stub for a nest, when my ear caught a novel song not far away. Birds in the Bush Either she or Tom was always at home, and for my part I watched the shrike carefully and found he did not fly near the nest of the titmice at all. Policeman Bluejay My eyes being attracted by a little commotion on a dogwood-tree, I saw a saucy tufted titmouse chasing with cries one of the wrens who had food in its beak. A Bird-Lover in the West Watch a flock of the little titmice going carefully over all the leaves and branches of an oak tree. Conservation Reader When I heard the familiar chickadee call—the titmouse often chirrups like his cousin—it made me quake guiltily. A-Birding on a Bronco Let our first example, then, be the common black-capped titmouse, or chickadee. Birds in the Bush The result of our care was that one fine day the eggs hatched out, and six skinny little titmice, with big heads and small bodies, were nestling against Nancy's breast. Policeman Bluejay There appeared sometimes to be a thousand whispering, squealing, and smacking titmice in the trees over my head, and a whole regiment of great-crested flycatchers and others on one side. A Bird-Lover in the West The voice of a cataract, close at hand, made merry down the rocks along with the song of the blackbird, woodpecker and titmouse. The Old Helmet, Volume II The titmouse took the cotton and would have taken the wicking, I think, if it had not been fastened in too tight for her. A-Birding on a Bronco The goldfinch has the advantage of the titmouse in several respects, but he lacks that sprightliness, that exceeding light-heartedness, which is the chickadee's most endearing characteristic. Birds in the Bush In a shady hollow, one day of early spring, a pair of tufted titmice were supplying the wants of a family of famishing children, and I invited myself to the family reunion. Our Bird Comrades Under ordinary conditions, no seed was found to germinate after passing through the turkey, hen, pigeon, crossbill, bullfinch, goldfinch, nutcracker, titmouse, and the duck. Seed Dispersal Well I know whence comes the titmouse, That the titmouse is a birdie, And a snake the hissing viper, And the ruffe a fish in water. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The next day I heard the titmouse singing in an elder by the kitchen, and went out to see how the birds acted when gathering their own material. A-Birding on a Bronco But the bluebird, who like the titmouse is hardly to be accounted a musician, does seem to be somewhat blameworthy. Birds in the Bush The chickadees and titmice seem to be a sort of sentry for the company. Our Bird Comrades Oh, yes; I heard the hiss, but it was not a snake; only the noise made by the female titmouse when sitting upon her nest. Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home From a tree there chirped the titmouse: "Osmo's barley will not flourish, Nor will Kaleva's oats prosper, While untilled remains the country, And uncleared remains the forest, Nor the fire has burned it over." Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The little German Gretchen became interested in the search for the titmouse's nest, and told me that a gray bird had built in an oak in front of her house. A-Birding on a Bronco In fact, I think it was at least a fortnight before I learned that these whistles came from the tufted titmouse. Birds in the Bush There is a tufted titmouse; now he flits to the ground, picks up a tidbit, darts up to a twig, places his morsel under his claws, and proceeds to peck it to pieces. Our Bird Comrades The titmouse tribe are abundant; but we never see the rarer species, the bearded or the crested tit. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account TITMOUSE—PURLIEU The plural of titmouse is now usually titmice, by analogy with mouse, mice, with which it has no connection. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) There flies one of those pretty little birds, the long-tailed titmouse; it is common enough, certainly, but I never fail to notice several upon the hedges and poplar trees of the "Duke's drive." Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children After the titmice, the fox-colored sparrows had perhaps the best of it. Birds in the Bush Number 21 to 24 Warblers, wrens, titmouse, finches. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration She strewed seeds for the birds, and they flew down in front of her—juncoes and sparrows, a tufted titmouse, a cardinal blood-red against the whiteness. Mistress Anne These four are the white-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse, downy woodpecker, and the merry little chickadee. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State Look at him; he is the king of the titmice, and he seems to know it. Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children Emerson's "atom in full breath" and "scrap of valor" would apply to him even better than to the titmouse. Birds in the Bush Because you are a Hercules, and I a titmouse, don't think I am overawed by your knitted eyebrows. Debts of Honor Wagtails and titmice build concealed nests, and the females are nearly as gay as their mates. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays As his hearing sharpened, the old familiar sounds returned, the chirping of the titmice, the starling’s discord, the sniggering of the robin, the squirrel’s bullying cough. "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character Among the first to arrive will probably be the blue jay, chickadee, or black-capped titmouse, and one or more of the woodpeckers. Bird Day; How to prepare for it Fat in any shape or form will attract the various species of titmice to the window. Wild Nature Won By Kindness It often hangs like a titmouse, with its back downwards. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 Small indigenous birds, such as titmice, chipmunks, pipits and squinches, are constantly seen in coveys or even bevies just now. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920 The "titmouse" walnut produces very delicate fruit, rich in oil, and with thin shells, so that the little creatures can pierce the husks and shells while the fruit is still on the bough. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The King of Finland and I discussed his latest monograph on the speckled titmouse, and I was glad to agree with the King in all his theories concerning the nesting habits of that important bird. In Search of the Unknown As one does not speak of the "egg-box" of the titmouse, meaning "the nest of the titmouse," why should I invoke the box in speaking of the Mantis? Social Life in the Insect World Every species of titmouse winters with us; they have what I call a kind of intermediate bill between the hard and the soft, between the Linnæan genera of Fringilla and Motacilla. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 In the winter it feeds upon the seeds of the alder or the cones of the larch, hanging suspended from the twigs like the titmouse. Essays in Natural History and Agriculture He found Van Dyck and his lady-love sitting hand in hand on a mossy bank, in a leafy grove, listening to the song of a titmouse. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Also two blue titmice had just arrived to see what was up, and a sparrow and one great tit were hurrying to the spot—all on Blackie's "beat," on Blackie's very own hunting-ground. The Way of the Wild It's a titmouse looking for insects, that is. A Great Emergency and Other Tales The blue titmouse, or nun, is a great frequenter of houses, and a general devourer. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 The whole family of birds has been developed and diversified into its modern variety of eagles and titmice. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Here a titmouse and a woodpecker were shot, and the bluebirds were singing in the snow. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan I think no virtue goes with size; The reason of all cowardice Is, that men are overgrown, And, to be valiant, must come down To the titmouse dimension.’ May-Day and Other Pieces The lowest group but one is the "genus," which contains one or more different kinds termed "species," as e.g., the species "wood anemone" and the species "blue titmouse." Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky The blue, marsh, and great titmice will, in very severe weather, carry away barley and oat-straws from the sides of ricks. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 The cuckoo was heard to-day, as well as a beautifully melodious titmouse, with a black crown: a fine eagle, or falcon was seen. Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries Among our native species we see it well marked in the different species of titmice, pipits, and chats. Darwinism (1889) Bearded titmice were there, clinging to the stalks of the sedges, and long-necked herons rose from the reedy places where they love to wade. After London Or, Wild England The common song birds of Europe are grouped here, including blackcaps, wrens, the active little titmice, together with the North American wood warblers. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits I could not discover the builder; but rather suspect the nest to have belonged to my protege, the little winter titmouse that I told you of. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America The large titmouse in its dark cap, and the blue-tit, almost too pretty for an English winter in its blue and yellow coat, also hasten to the feast of the berries. The Pleasures of Ignorance Around the interior of the entwined sapling tops that formed the fatal bower of death there hung a semicircle of tiny cages containing live decoys,—chaffinches, hawfinches, titmice and several other species. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The longtailed titmice come along in parties of six or eight, calling to each other as in turn they visit every tree. Hodge and His Masters A titmouse came and perched on the arm of my chair while sitting reading on the verandah at Gulmarg. A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil I had well nigh forgotten my little favourites, a species of the titmouse, that does not entirely forsake us. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America Not only the little titmouse, but the grave and solemn rook'--a kind of crow, you remember--'is not above paying a visit to the walnut tree and stealing all he can find. Among the Trees at Elmridge You will then realize that to this country every woodpecker, chickadee, titmouse, creeper and warbler is easily worth its weight in gold. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation And this is why to-day the country boys always throw stones at a titmouse. The Red Fairy Book The eaves are dripping on the south side of this simple roof, while the titmouse lisps in the pine, and the genial warmth of the sun around the door is somewhat kind and human. Excursions If you would happy company win, Dangle a palm-nut from a tree, Idly in green to sway and spin, Its snow-pulped kernel for bait; and see, A nimble titmouse enter in. Georgian Poetry 1920-22 I watched a bluecap or blue titmouse feeding her young, whose nest was in a wall close to an orchard. Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" Nail up fat pork, or large chunks of suet, on the south sides of conspicuous trees, and encourage the woodpeckers, nuthatches, chickadees and titmice to remain in your woods through the long and dreary winter. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation As she was always being teased about her complexion, she got as noisy and cross as a titmouse. The Red Fairy Book The cherry-birds flitted around us, the nuthatch and flicker were heard among the bushes, the titmouse perched within a few feet, and the song of the wood-thrush again rung along the ridge. Excursions A few of our birds also avail themselves of the work of others, as the titmouse, the brown creeper, the bluebird, and the house wren. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Every hollow tree—and there are many hollow trees where none are felled—has its nest of starlings, or titmice, or woodpeckers. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies At last the whole cloud falls down over a knoll—all at once—and the next instant the knoll is entirely covered with gray larks, pretty red-white-gray bulfinches, speckled starlings and greenish-yellow titmice. The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Here the tufted titmouse, the very soul of monotony, piped and piped and piped, as if his diapason stop were pulled out and stuck, and could not be pushed in again. A Florida Sketch-Book THE GRAND-DUKE Praise the Night, when we take vengeance On the goldfinch for his beauty, On the titmouse for his grace! Chantecler Play in Four Acts Well for Mac that he wouldn't have cared a red cent to impress the greatest naturalist alive, let alone a lot of fellows who didn't know a titmouse from a disease. The Magnetic North Tits of several species, particularly the great titmouse and the blue tit, come to thatch for insects, both in summer and winter. The Open Air The titmouse with us is exclusively a wood-bird; but in Britain three or four species of them resort more or less to buildings in winter. Locusts and Wild Honey Warblers and titmice twittered in the leafy treetops, and butterflies of several kinds, notably one gorgeous creature in yellow and black, like a larger and more resplendent Turnus, went fluttering through the underwoods. A Florida Sketch-Book Old Izan put out a gnarled hand to feed the titmouse a few live insects. Masters of the Guild Here in place of soulless melodies issuing from automatic players we have the heavenly notes of the woodthrush, the clear call of the crested titmouse, and the wild ringing notes of the cardinal. See America First In the woods were reddish cardinal birds, much less brilliant in plumage than the true cardinals and the scarlet tanagers; and yellow-headed titmice which had already built large domed nests. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches When he awoke he lay there lolling and blinking, following the blue rovings of the titmice and listening to the foolish squabbles of the sparrows and the shrewish scoldings of the wrens. Greyfriars Bobby The tidife: The titmouse, or any other small bird, which sometimes brings up the cuckoo's young when its own have been destroyed. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems The nest of a titmouse hung close to the bubbling water, and the tiny creature looked out of the door of the nest into his eyes. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Marsh titmouse, Parus palustris: Haunts great woods; two harsh sharp notes. The Natural History of Selborne Every species of titmouse winters with us; they have what I call a kind of intermediate bill between the hard and the soft, between the Linnaean genera of fringilla and motacilla. The Natural History of Selborne The blue titmice flew over it in a flock again and again, with much sweet gossiping, but they did not venture nearer. Greyfriars Bobby The blue titmouse, or nun, is a great frequenter of houses, and a general devourer. The Natural History of Selborne The blue, marsh, and great titmice will, in very severe weather, carry away barley and oat straws from the sides of ricks. The Natural History of Selborne It often hangs lice a titmouse, with its back downwards. The Natural History of Selborne |
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