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单词 whitethroat
例句 whitethroat
Every day, people visit by the thousand: runners, outdoor swimmers, tourists, bird-lovers on the trail of whitethroats and blackcaps in the bushes or goldfinches and kestrels in the trees. The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z
Peggy, peg′i, n. one of several small warblers, the whitethroat, &c. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z
I waited a full minute longer, then whistled the whitethroat's call. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z
May month had come in: Michael and Kenneth were finding whitethroats' nests in the nettle-beds of the paddock, before a word to Mrs. Ross was said about the marriage. Sinister Street, vol. 2
In the wilds the whitethroat sings in the rain His pure, serene, half-wistful strain; And when twilight falls the sleeping hills Ring with the cry of the whippoorwills In the blue dusk far away. Later Poems
The hedge-sparrows, that creep about the bushes of the hedgerow as mice creep about the banks, are early in spring joined by the whitethroats, almost the first hedge-birds to return. The Hills and the Vale
Joy, joy alone the throbbing whitethroats bring, Joy to themselves and heaven! Collected Poems Volume One
A Canada whitethroat called sweetly, sadly, from the forest in the sunset glow. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z
The whitethroat was sending out his "silver arrows of song" clearly and pensively from the depths of the velvet dusk. The Silver Maple
Another whitethroat follows immediately, and there is not a leaf forgotten nor a creeping thing that can hide from them. The Toilers of the Field
The thicker the undergrowth of nettles and wild parsley, rushes and rough grasses, the more the whitethroat likes the spot. The Hills and the Vale
And after April, when May follows,   And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows . There was a King in Egypt
So we left her at rest under the wild flowers and Indian grass, near to Croghan's empty house, with a vast wilderness around to guard the sanctuary, and the sad whitethroats to mourn her. The Little Red Foot 2011-09-09T02:01:04.147Z
There were fairies, too, in the bower; four little whitethroats were flitting about in the sunshine. The Princess of the School
The note of the whitethroat, which is continually repeated, and often attended with odd gesticulations on the wing, is harsh and displeasing.  The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
A whitethroat rises from a bush and nervously discourses, gesticulating with wings and tail, for a few moments. Nature Near London
Strange little brown birds—whitethroats and linnets perhaps, if the eye could only have followed them—flew in and out of the blackthorn hedges all day long. Sally Bishop A Romance
A thrush was singing sweetly, whitethroats were busy in the bushes, and swallows swept by overhead. After London Or, Wild England
It is a whitethroat; his nest is deep in the parsley and nettles.  Pageant of Summer
The song of the redstart is superior, though somewhat like that of the whitethroat; some birds have a few more notes than others.  The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
Among the birds of this kind which pass up the river, but of which only a few pairs stay to breed on the eyot, are whitethroats, blackcaps, chiff-chaffs, and, I believe, nightingales. The Naturalist on the Thames
The green caterpillar swings as he spins his thread and lengthens his cable to the tide of air, descending from the tree; before he can slip it the whitethroat takes him. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
The song of the thrush, the chatter of the whitethroats, the sight of a hedge-sparrow, gave him inexpressible pleasure. After London Or, Wild England
The whitethroat sings with crest erect, and attitudes of warning and defiance. Locusts and Wild Honey
So, too, the whitethroat in the wild parsley; so, too, the thrush that just now peered out and partly fluttered his wings as he stood to look. The Life of the Fields
You might as well suppose that the whitethroat is aware that nettles will sting the human hand approaching its nest as that eggs are especially adjusted in colour to deceive human eyes. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
A whitethroat was catching insects in the garden on May 6. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
Finches, linnets, blackbirds, thrushes, wrens, and whitethroats, and many others, all passed him, and he could see the same thing going on to his right and left. After London Or, Wild England
The whitethroat frequents the hedge and ditch, and there weaves its slender nest. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
It is a whitethroat; his nest is deep in the parsley and nettles. The Life of the Fields
Country boys set some value on the eggs of the nettle-creeper or whitethroat because the nest is difficult to find, and the eggs curiously marked. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
If the whitethroat eggs were taken from the nest and placed among particoloured pebbles such as are common on some shores, it would need care to distinguish them. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
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