| 单词 | chaffinch |
| 例句 | A chaffinch gave its little falling song and further off, high in an elm, a chiffchaff began to call. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a chaffinch, and she fluttered so wildly that Pantalaimon had to be a cat and leap at her, pinning her down to whisper. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As well as the chaffinch’s call, there’s a curious tap-tap-tapping; beyond, a bird with a sore throat is imitating a donkey; then there’s a hoot, a laugh and a furious chattering argument. Visit Jersey Zoo – and stay the night 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Some of the book’s charm lies in its snippets of information: in France children are happy as chaffinches, rather than larks; “a big snooze” is un gros dodo. Giant of France 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z In fall 2021, they studied common redstart, chaffinch and dunnock on Helgoland, an island off the German coast along the North Sea that is a popular stopover for birds on the move each autumn. Birds may take migration pit stops to boost their immune systems 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z The group froze at every chirp of a thrush or chaffinch, one hand holding the binoculars, the other a tombstone for balance. Wild and Wilde: At Celebrity Cemetery, Nature Takes on Starring Role 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The chaffinch is one of the most widespread and abundant birds in the British Isles. Garden bird winners and losers over 40 years 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z I'm posting a knitted garden bird every day, in the run up to #BigGardenBirdWatch weekend, starting with the chaffinch. Public urged to join garden bird watch 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Goshawks nest in the Berlin cemetery where Marlene Dietrich is buried, sparrows in Manhattan traffic lights, swifts in sea caves, vultures on Himalayan cliffs, chaffinches in Chernobyl. The radical otherness of birds: Jonathan Franzen on why they matter 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z For example, the chaffinch is doing well in the UK, while the goldfinch is on the decline. The battle for nesting sites among the birds and the bees - BBC News 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Starlings were the second most seen bird followed by chaffinches. House sparrow rule roost in Scotland's gardens 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Kestrel numbers were down and the lowest productivity rate in 50 years was recorded for chaffinches, suggesting that the heavy weather disrupted a wide variety of species. Bad weather for bugs 2013-01-15T02:11:21Z "His eyes are bulging like the belly of a hungry chaffinch." Sid Waddell's quotes: 13 of the best 2012-08-12T12:22:38Z There was one incident with a chaffinch when I showed the piece last summer, but never anything like this. Angry crow fights artist's mirror 2012-07-20T05:05:16Z College cook apparently thinks that a hitherto unimpaired appetite can be satisfied by what seems to be a cold chaffinch on toast. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z Wheat′-bird, the chaffinch; Wheat′-ear, an ear of wheat; Wheat′-eel, a disease in wheat—also Ear-cockle.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z The fluttering beat of wings as a cloud of chaffinches, terrified by this amazing avalanche, burst from the floor of the wood beyond the hedge, then peal on peal of laughter again from Percival. The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z Starlings, sparrows, and chaffinches were the most numerous, while the blackbird, thrush, robin, hedge-sparrow and wren were each represented by a pair. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z He was angry: 'The feast is for me,' he said, and with skilful, energetic hands he put sparrows, chaffinches, and robins to flight and then breakfasted with an excellent appetite. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z Egg arrives: not so old as chaffinch, but nearly: didn't say I wanted a chicken. Aspects of Modern Oxford 2012-04-25T02:01:12.193Z Then he looked up and said to his second son— ‘There is a chaffinch’s nest in the topmost branch of this tree; tell me how many eggs there are in it?’ Snowdrop and Other Tales 2011-09-12T02:00:31.553Z Yonder, again, is a beautiful chaffinch; he was very glad to come to my lawn-window every day, during all the weary winter, to beg a crumb of bread. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z I used to think my chaffinch—the chaffinch that built in my churchyard—was particularly proud of his nest. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Great would have been his surprise had he known that daily these captive swallows, redbreasts, chaffinches, or dragon-flies were borne tenderly to the altar of Corambé, and there set free. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z Each pastoral hedge was alive with robins, chaffinches, and the dusky shadows of the wild mice darting here and there among the greening boughs. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Spring flowers peeping through the brown earth, merle and mavis making music in the spruce and fir thickets, and louder than all the clear-throated chaffinch. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Or one April, and a wild cherry-tree in blossom by an English hedge, a white cloud tinctured with rose, and in it moving a dozen tropical chaffinches; the petals were on the grass. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The song of the beautiful chaffinch is clear and defiant. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z All the chaffinches cried: 'Spink—spink—see the fox! 'ware fox!' but as the hounds did not understand finch language it did not matter much. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z "The chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England—now!" Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z So that, although but low and small in comparison with the copse-like hedges of the vale, the hawthorn here is often alive with birds: chaffinches and sparrows perhaps in the greatest numbers, also yellowhammers. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The small birds, sparrows, chaffinches, greenfinches—instantly scatter swiftly right and left, not rising, but with a hasty run for a yard or so. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z I don’t pretend to build such a pretty nest as the chaffinch; besides, such a flimsy thing as his would not do on the ground; mine has a solid foundation of hay, don’t you see? Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z He was looking for chaffinches' nests in the big whitethorn hedge at the back of Ballymore Rectory, when he suddenly spied a rat. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z "That is the departure of the chaffinches of the Ardennes," said Hullin. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z Two pieces of whalebone smeared with bird-lime formed a pointed arch over the stuffed chaffinch. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z From 1 to 2, chaffinch; from 3 to 4, goldfinch. St. Nicholas v. 13 No. 9 July 1886 an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-07-18T02:00:22.977Z I refer to my old friend and favourite the chaffinch, called in Scotland the boldie. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z There are willow saplings all round, and the chaffinches were collecting the down for nest-lining, for the seeds were ripening. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Finally, they fell on to the top of an old pine-tree down there, and all the jays in the country, the thrushes, chaffinches and tom-tits, flew about them till nightfall, plucking out their feathers. The Invasion of France in 1814 2011-07-27T02:00:37.397Z Male chaffinches are rarely seen: they have migrated, or in some other manner disappeared. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z In this manner a man, as Mr. Weir informs me, has caught, in the course of a single day, fifty, and in one instance seventy, male chaffinches. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z That celebrated bird is quite a sluggard, as it does not rise till long after chaffinches, linnets, and a number of hedgerow birds have been up and about for some time. St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks 2011-05-07T02:00:31.650Z There he sat like a chaffinch in his bright new plumage, singing his merriest songs amid a garden of flowers. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. III (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:01:02.690Z At last George Eliot seems to have felt that she could never hope, with all her intellect, to catch the unconsidered music which God lavishes on the idle linnet and the frivolous chaffinch. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z It is astonishing with what temerity small birds, emboldened by numbers—chaffinches, finches generally, sparrows, swallows, and so on—will attack a hawk. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z From time to time a flock of chaffinches rose suddenly from the ricks and flew, a chattering flutter of wings, down the wind. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z This bird is still more beautifully coloured than the chaffinch—especially in summer, when, the brown edges of the feathers being shed, it presents a rich combination of black, white and orange. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z There were two chaffinches, husband and wife, which built their nest right before our eyes, and a snail, which had no secrets for us. My Little Boy 2011-03-12T03:00:27.087Z To shew the number of chaffinches caught, I may mention that in 1869 there was a match between two experts; and one man caught in a day 62, and another 40, male chaffinches. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z Where, then, are they in winter, if the flocks of chaffinches at that period consist almost exclusively of female birds? Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The chaffinch is not an interesting person, and he is so numerous that one soon becomes weary of him and his song. Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History Come and hear the chaffinch trill, Hear the lark and thrushes thrill! Provocations The mouse is forgotten and the snail; and the chaffinches have built their nest to no purpose. My Little Boy 2011-03-12T03:00:27.087Z Browning, too, is scientifically safe in letting his chaffinch sing now “that the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf.” Springtime and Other Essays It has been stated that the flocks of chaffinches which may be seen in winter consist entirely of females. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Cathy, through long experience, was much more clever at discovering them than I, and while she found three thrushes', a wren's, and two chaffinches', my efforts were only rewarded by a solitary hedge-sparrow's. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story The chaffinch breeds early in the season, and its song may often be heard in February. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Her voice was as clear and bold as that of a chaffinch. On the Heights A Novel Indeed, the most dilatory chaffinch must have been singing since 19th February, and in fortunate seasons might have been heard on 7th January. Springtime and Other Essays Now this man said that these chaffinches sold for 6 shillings the dozen, and that when the birds were ‘on,’ as he called it, he could catch five dozen a day. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Is not our own little goldfinch, is not the pert chaffinch that comes up to our very feet for a grain or a crumb, a pretty object? The Romance of Natural History, Second Series On the continent of Europe the chaffinch is a favourite song-bird, especially in Germany, where great attention is paid to its training. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" But I didn't trust myself to call with a human voice; I began the warbling notes of the chaffinch. A Captive of the Roman Eagles Chaffinches were calling from the tops of the trees; the chaffinches now have a note much like one used by the yellow-hammer, different from their song and from their common 'fink tink.' The Hills and the Vale There were no chaffinches in the elms or in the road, and scarcely a sparrow; not a yellowhammer on the hedge by the cornfield; only a very few greenfinches; not a single bullfinch or goldfinch. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z All the birds had flown, except the chaffinch and a few others, who hopped about and managed as best they could. The Pond Just as you hear the chaffinches, thrushes, and blackbirds, and thousands of other birds in the autumn. Waterloo A sequel to The Conscript of 1813 The chaffinch is another bird that should never be put in a bell-shaped cage. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes And from the heaven's blue lift no music of larks poured down; no twitter of the chaffinch or whistle of the thrush echoed from the greening woods. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement A certain friendliness, too, seems to exist between sparrows, chaffinches, and greenfinches, which are often found together. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Once upon a time there was a city where the good people were under the protection of singing-birds of all kinds: nightingales, thrushes, blackbirds, robins, chaffinches, linnets. The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice The blackbirds and the swallows and the chaffinches, and all the birds they knew, gathered round the garden trees and bushes, and forgot the woods, until suddenly one day they espied a little child. Very Short Stories and Verses For Children Now the chaffinch is not a sea bird; it is a land bird. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad She had always had good success in bringing up her own children, she claimed, and the goldfinches were first cousins to the chaffinches, so she was sure to understand their ways perfectly. Policeman Bluejay In a walk of four or five miles I passed half-a-dozen such fellows, with cages and stuffed chaffinches. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Much heated argument has raged round the real or supposed sentiment that inspires such demonstrations on the part of linnets, sparrows, chaffinches, and other determined hunters of the cuckoo. Birds in the Calendar The hedge-sparrow, the chaffinch and the goldfinch have flourished abundantly, but the linnet has failed. More Science From an Easy Chair It was built by a pair of chaffinches. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad An old maid stood by the window: she had hung the cage with green chickweed; and a little chaffinch hopped from perch to perch, and sang and twittered merrily enough. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales The two last places before you come to our gate are the Dogs' Cemetery and the chaffinch's nest, but we pretend not to know what the Dogs' Cemetery is, as Porthos is always with us. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens The two last places before you come to our gate are the Dog's Cemetery and the chaffinches nest, but we pretend not to know what the Dog's Cemetery is, as Porthos is always with us. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens On my right sat an army captain, who had given more thought to the possible secrets of French chaffinches than to the approaching barrage. Edge of the Jungle But this pretty pair of chaffinches found a new place in which to build their nest. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad I cannot make out what they are, some say chaffinches, but that is certainly a mistake, they are too small. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" In a minute or two another chaffinch came to the elm in the hedge just outside the garden, and quite close to the ash. Wood Magic A Fable The chaffinch you would never think Was much addicted to strong drink, Yet all the Spring you'll hear him say, "Oh, There's cheaper beer in County Mayo." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-05 I was one day about half a mile from the baobab-tree, when I saw, perched on a bush near me, a little bird about the size of a chaffinch, of a light grey colour. In the Wilds of Africa Come making the chaffinch nests hollow and cosy, come and soften the willow buds till they are puffed and furred, then blow them over with gold. Look! We Have Come Through! In the trees above his head the thrushes and chaffinches were singing; and just before him, diminished to a mere speck in the boundless blue, a lark poured forth his “flood of delirious music.” The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel Mine is the very highest tree of all, and I am the brightest and prettiest of all the chaffinches. Wood Magic A Fable Yet the latter bears direct and intimate relation to man's physical, mental, and moral well-being, while the former is but a 'sapless, heartless thistle for pedantic chaffinches,' as Jean Paul would say. No Animal Food and Nutrition and Diet with Vegetable Recipes There is no one to talk to except a chaffinch, who thinks of nothing but his appearance. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916 Yet a little further on, again, she saw a big square trap of netting, with a blinded chaffinch as decoy. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida The chaffinch gave a light chirp, as if to recall him to his duty. The Daughters of Danaus But scarcely had he woven it into the nest than down flew the second chaffinch from the elm into the shadow of the ash. Wood Magic A Fable “Ah! it’s a stupid plan that plastering,” said a conceited-looking chaffinch, joining in the conversation. Featherland How the Birds lived at Greenlawn I used to watch the birds building through that glass, and could almost see the eggs in one little mossy cup of a chaffinch’s nest; but I could not quite. Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden "But then," said Fanny, "what will the chaffinches do without a nest!" The Goat and Her Kid The Professor threw some crumbs to a chaffinch, which had flown down within a few yards of the tea-table. The Daughters of Danaus "And chaffinches to kiss chaffinches," added Tchink, determined not to be left out. Wood Magic A Fable For many years past I have observed that towards Christmas vast flocks of chaffinches have appeared in the fields; many more, I used to think, than could be hatched in any one neighbourhood. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 For under the shadowy elms a little seed or grain had jolted down through the chinks in the bed of a passing waggon, and there the chaffinches and sparrows had congregated. Round About a Great Estate But aside from a chaffinch or so and a brown-and-white spotted calf tied to a tree, the grove was empty—blatantly empty. Jerry Junior But aside from a chaffinch or so and a brown and white spotted calf tied to a tree, the grove was empty—blatantly empty. Jerry "I think, think, the owl is very stupid not to begin," said the chaffinch. Wood Magic A Fable This extraordinary occurrence brought to my mind the remark of Linnæus, that “before winter all their hen chaffinches migrate through Holland into Italy.” The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 The chaffinches called cheerfully on the plum-trees and sang in the early morning. Round About a Great Estate But now, in the path before the arbour, all facing towards it, there must have been a score of birds—three or four sparrows, a pair of chaffinches, and then greenfinches, greenfinches, greenfinches. The Lady Paramount Wherever a group of other trees rose amid the firs, the loud chirp of the chaffinch was heard, or the eager twitter of some little newly-wedded birds, disputing about the position of their nest. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag "It falls upon you, as the oldest of the party, to give him his commands," said Tchink, the chaffinch, addressing the owl. Wood Magic A Fable Our flocks of female chaffinches have not yet forsaken us. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 I have been in England, and came back again as lively as a chaffinch. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Almost every elm in spring has its chaffinch loudly challenging. Nature Near London Finches are perhaps as numerous in Hertfordshire as in any other county of equal size; the large flocks of hen chaffinches that haunt the farmyards in winter being quite a notable feature. Hertfordshire The owl looked at the crow, and the crow scowled at the chaffinch, who turned his back on him, being very saucy. Wood Magic A Fable Along with the robins and sparrows—habitual recipients of the alms of man—are blackbirds, thrushes, tits, starlings, chaffinches, rooks, jackdaws and others, which in fair weather avoid, or scorn to notice, man. A Bird Calendar for Northern India This spring a chaffinch built a nest in one of my yew-trees. Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Sparrows crowd every hedge and field, their numbers are incredible; chaffinches are not to be counted; of greenfinches there must be thousands. Nature Near London Goodness knows where she was going, but not far, probably; and the largest thing in the bird line she appeared able to tackle was something of the chaffinch size. The Way of the Wild The chaffinch left at the same time; the fox and the stoat went away together; the crow and the jackdaw accompanied each other a little way. Wood Magic A Fable If a chaffinch or a bullfinch could talk and had begun to assure me that it would claw another bird, it would not have caused me greater astonishment than did Iván on that occasion.—What! A Reckless Character And Other Stories Of birds of passage, dormice, snakes, bats, swallows, quails, ringdoves, stare, chaffinch, hoopoe, chatterer, hawfinch, crossbill, rails and cranes. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life A chaffinch sang on the 20th of February: all these are very early dates. Nature Near London Then he fed—it was enough only to glance, just glance, at the other thrushes and the chaffinches, after that astounding exhibition of his character. The Way of the Wild Tchink, the chaffinch, one of the first to come, could not perch still, but restlessly passed round the circle, now talking to one and now to another, and sometimes peering in at the owl's window. Wood Magic A Fable I would feel if enclosed by the walls of a city as a chaffinch would feel in the craw of a hawk. Pixy's Holiday Journey Linn�us has observed, that in Sweden the female chaffinches quit that country in September, migrating into Holland, and leave their mates behind till their return in spring. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life This bird is a chaffinch, which a friend had brought over from France. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 And that place was given over entirely to chaffinches, all hens, tripping, mincing, pecking, feasting, fighting—because they were chaffinches, I suppose, and must fight—all over the place. The Way of the Wild "I hardly know——" "We are loyal to the last feather," said Tchink, the chaffinch, bold as brass, and coming to the front, to save his friends from the fate of the larks. Wood Magic A Fable The nightingale proposed the lark, the thrush, the blackbird and the bullfinch as experts in singing, and the frog proposed the starling, the linnet, the chaffinch and the reed-warbler. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917 Gavinia thought she heard the chink of another five shillings, and her mouth opened so wide that a chaffinch could have built therein. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood The whole point of this mediocre narrative consists in the fact that within a few seconds some dozen sparrows had descended to the yard and were feeding busily while the chaffinch watched from above. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 Soon he found that cart-ruts make convenient roads for the birds in the snow, or perhaps it was the chaffinches, who were following one another in lines along the cart-ruts, who showed him. The Way of the Wild In the thick hedge which enclosed it there were crowds of greenfinches, goldfinches, chaffinches, yellow-hammers, and sparrows, who never ceased talking. Wood Magic A Fable A chaffinch, fresh from his bath, flitted incessantly between the rail of the footbridge, a dozen yards below, and the boughs of a tamarisk beside it. The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Blackbirds, thrushes, blackcaps, goldfinches, chaffinches, sing from the first peep of dawn till the last trace of daylight has died out, and then the nightingales begin and keep it up till dawn again. My Friend Prospero After I had fraternised shamefully with all these deplorable drones, my hostess drew my attention to the French chaffinch, a fine big fellow, very tame and cheerful. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 Leave to those who take too much wine "the gloomy raven tapping at the chamber door, on the night's Plutonian shore," and give us the robin red-breast and the chaffinch. Around The Tea-Table "Yes, you spy," cried Tchink, the chaffinch; and all the assembly hissed Te-te, till he was obliged to give way, as he could not make himself heard. Wood Magic A Fable Apparently Mr Bridges himself is something of our opinion, for his introductory sonnet ends on a disdainful note:— 'Go forth: amidst our chaffinch flock display Thy plumage of far wonder and heavenward flight!' Aspects of Literature Mr. Charles Dixon has recorded a remarkable change in the mode of nest-building of some common chaffinches which were taken to New Zealand and turned out there. Darwinism (1889) Then for a long time he was only vaguely conscious of more light than usual in the room—of an open window somewhere—of rustling leaves outside—and of a chaffinch singing…. The Mating of Lydia It is of no use to tempt the little chaffinch of the woods with a ruby instead of a cherry. Bebee We have been surrounded by birds all our lives, yet so feeble is our observation that many of us could not tell whether or not the chaffinch sings, or the colour of the cuckoo. 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 Clearly these New Zealand chaffinches were at a loss for a design when fabricating their nest. Darwinism (1889) A chaffinch came hopping along, picked up a seed, looked around him, and flew away. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes A chaffinch clung to the bough, and swung to and fro singing. Bebee The naturalists tell us that these winter companies of chaffinches are usually composed of birds of one sex only, the males consorting together for the time as in a boys' school. The Pleasures of Ignorance The older and staider ones call repeatedly," says Mr. Astley, "and the chaffinches break into song. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation High up, the pines sighed along the ridge, turning paler; and far down, where the brook ran, a mad duet was going on between thrush and chaffinch—"Cheer up, cheer up, Queen!" The Delectable Duchy I heard the cawing of the rooks in the soft air, and the bubbling song of the chaffinches filled the shrubberies. Father Payne Through it all Bébée sat quite quiet on the edge of the little truckle-bed, with her eyes fixed on the apple bough and the singing chaffinch. Bebee The chaffinch sits in the plum and blusters out his music, cat or no cat. The Pleasures of Ignorance Nor chaffinch, wren, nor lark was now afraid. Poems New and Old How curious is the structure of the nest of the goldfinch or chaffinch! The Illustrated London Reading Book As the sun rises the chaffinch utters his bold challenge on the tree; the notes are so rapid that they seem to come all at once. Hodge and His Masters The daisies and the dandelions were still tightly shut, and in the hedgerow a half-awakened chaffinch hopped from twig to twig, too sleepy to chirrup. The Lake It may be that there are insects that play the part of mustard or Worcestershire sauce in the chaffinch world. The Pleasures of Ignorance Blackbird, thrush, and chaffinch gay, hither, thither, haste away! Grimm's Fairy Stories Sometimes it is a flycatcher, sometimes a greenfinch, or chaffinch, now and then a robin, in one place a shrike, perhaps another is a redstart. Pageant of Summer Several small birds—chaffinches, I think—perched in the rigging. The Captain of the Polestar Turf burns with pleasant smoke: I laugh at chaffinch and at primroses. Georgian Poetry 1916-17 Edited by Sir Edward Howard Marsh Last year the lane that leads to the station was at this time a lane of chaffinches: this year it is a lane of wrens. The Pleasures of Ignorance A chaffinch actually did chirp in response from a mountain ash near. A Desperate Character and Other Stories Every four or five minutes a chaffinch sings close by, and another fills the interval near the gateway. Pageant of Summer Such common finches as the greenfinches and chaffinches migrate in immense flocks, and over vast distances, considering their short wings and small size. The Naturalist on the Thames Don't you see this little chaffinch nest in the bush, with a newly hatched brood. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War The chaffinches, too—the greatest bird multitude there is, perhaps, after the house-sparrows—are free enough to sing. The Pleasures of Ignorance He liked to mix up all sorts of birds together, such as pigeons, doves—tame and wild—blackbirds, linnets, canaries, chaffinches, sparrows, tomtits—no, the tomtits had been turned out. Two Summers in Guyenne My heart is full of impressions showered upon it by the chaffinches, the golden orioles, the grasshoppers, the hawthorns, and the primroses. Amiel's Journal It was all so still and peaceful that Horieneke, who had begun to sing, stopped in the middle and stood listening to the chaffinches and siskins chattering pell-mell. The Path of Life The martins build their nests of clay In rows beneath the eaves; The silvery lichens, moss, and hair The chaffinch interweaves. Twilight and Dawn Simple Talks on the Six Days of Creation Birds such as the robin and the thrush vary their song as the chaffinch and the willow-wren do not. The Pleasures of Ignorance If a blackcap or chaffinch sung in one of the trees the strain could be heard in every cottage in the circle. A Traveller in Little Things Against the humming background made by a thousand invisible insects there rose the delicate caprices and improvisations of the nightingale singing from the ash-trees, or of the hedge-sparrows and the chaffinches in their nests. Amiel's Journal Wondering if a glimpse of another life had once been vouchsafed to me when my senses were more finely wrought, I descended the hillside; the bird, probably a chaffinch, repeated its cry without any variation. Memoirs of My Dead Life This kept them off, just as thread keeps the chaffinches from the seed-beds in small gardens, and as it keeps the sparrows from the crocuses on lawn and ornamental grounds. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs Is it any wonder that the chaffinch sings and the wren is operatic on the thither side of the garden wall? The Pleasures of Ignorance Certainly there is nothing spiritual in the song of the chaffinch. Birds in Town and Village About ten years ago we imported a great number of birds from abroad—yellow-hammers, chaffinches, green finches, red pales, twites, bullfinches, jays, linnets, larks—some five hundred of them. My Life and Work By-and-by a chaffinch boldly raised his voice, ending with the old story, 'Sweet, will you, will you kiss—me—dear?' Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Cyril puts something into a hollow tree, and intimates a chaffinch's call. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction The chaffinch, I think, is the commonest bird in this part of the country. The Pleasures of Ignorance Thrushes, blackbirds, sparrows, reed-buntings, chaffinches, tits, wrens, with many other species, succeeded each other all day long; for now they mostly had young to provide for, and it was their busiest time. Birds in Town and Village Turf burns with pleasant smoke; I laugh at chaffinch and at primroses. Fairies and Fusiliers Thrushes sang, and chaffinches, and, sweetest of all, if simplest in notes, the greenfinches talked and courted in the trees. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Camels and llamas, I forgot to tell you, have also globules in the form of long dishes, like the hen and the chaffinch. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Heart's-ease were every-where, honeysuckles filled the air, and in the wood behind, the blackbirds whistled, and the chaffinches and tomtits kept up a merry, musical chattering. The Hallam Succession In the village I had been glad to find that the chaffinch was not too common, that in the tangle of minstrelsy one could enjoy there his vigorous voice was not predominant. Birds in Town and Village The note of these birds varies with their flocks, like that of our chaffinches, which often differs in two neighbouring districts. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The chaffinch appears to be called "woodfinch," at least the chaffinch answered nearest to the bird described to me as a "woodfinch." The Life of the Fields However, on reaching his room once more Florent simply went straight to the chaffinch's cage, took the bird out of it, kissed it between its wings, and set it at liberty. The Fat and the Thin All that I say," he thought, "appears to them foolish, even the Princess's gift is, in their eyes, a common chirping chaffinch. Dreams and Dream Stories He had, besides canaries, the thrush, chaffinch, linnet, goldfinch and cirl bunting. Birds in Town and Village I was astonished to see him back; so, apparently, was the chaffinch. Afoot in England Every four or five minutes a chaffinch sings close by, and another fills the interval near the gateway. The Life of the Fields The dying fire cast a bright glow upon his face; the lamp burned smokily, and the chaffinch fell asleep again on one leg, with its head tucked under its wing. The Fat and the Thin Then he looked up and said to his second son, "Between two branches up at the top of this tree, there is a chaffinch's nest, tell me how many eggs there are in it?" Household Tales by Brothers Grimm The thrushes, chaffinch, chiff-chaff, and greenfinch were occasionally heard; outside the wood the buntings, chats, and the skylark were few and far between. Birds in Town and Village The chaffinch, taken by surprise, was buffeted and knocked over, then, recovering himself, fled in consternation, hotly pursued by the sick one. Afoot in England Sometimes it is a flycatcher, sometimes a greenfinch, or chaffinch, now and then a robin, in one place a shrike, perhaps another is a redstart. The Life of the Fields This bird is about the size of a chaffinch, and was first killed by me on the Darling. Expedition into Central Australia The flash of bright yellow on the grey of his uniform seemed to make him like a chaffinch or a gnome. Aaron's Rod First came all the small birds in the immediate neighbourhood—robin, dunnock, wagtail, chaffinch, throstle, blackbird, and blue and ox-eye tits. Birds in Town and Village To occupy their maternal cares, I employ small birds—chaffinches, linnets, sparrows—brought down, in the enclosure, by my son's gun. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography No, the chaffinch is not perplexed by so small a matter; he is an expert in materials, he understands botanical equivalents. Bramble-Bees and Others The chaffinch was very much in evidence, continually chaunting its unimportant little ditty. Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography I suppose the male chaffinch in "pegging" approaches the captive singing-bird, from rivalry or jealousy—if I am wrong please tell me; otherwise I will assume so. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 I have been in England, and came here again as lively as a chaffinch. Louise de la Valliere Loose droop the leaves, and down the sleepy roadway Sometimes pipes a chaffinch; loose droops the blue. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 So he looked up, and said to the second son, 'At the top of this tree there is a chaffinch's nest; tell me how many eggs there are in it.' Grimm's Fairy Tales In the dust was the mark of the chaffinches' little feet; the white light rendered even the dust brighter to look on. The Story of My Heart An Autobiography To shew the number of living chaffinches caught, I may mention that in 1869 there was a match between two experts, and one man caught in a day 62, and another 40, male chaffinches. The Descent of Man Whereupon the first, who was a beautiful Falcon, called together all the birds to a council; and there came the chaffinches, tomtits, woodpeckers, fly-catchers, jays, blackbirds, cuckoos, thrushes, and every other kind of bird. Stories from the Pentamerone Thrushes, and blackbirds, and sparrows, and chaffinches, and greenfinches, and bullfinches, and tomtits. Madam How and Lady Why For many years past I have observed that towards Christmas vast flocks of chaffinches have appeared in the fields; many more, I used to think, than could be hatched in any one neighbourhood. The Natural History of Selborne The little birds furnish the chorus or the undertone of song, the hedge-sparrows, redbreasts, and chaffinches, but the meistersingers 'call the tune,' and lead the feathered orchestra with clear and certain notes. Penelope's Irish Experiences In this manner, as Mr. Weir informs me, a man has in the course of a single day caught fifty, and in one instance, seventy, male chaffinches. The Descent of Man Loose droop the leaves, and down the sleepy road-way Sometimes pipes a chaffinch; loose droops the blue. Poems — Volume 2 The two last places before you come to our gate are the Dog's Cemetery and the chaffinch's nest, but we pretend not to know what the Dog's Cemetery is, as Porthos is always with us. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens This extraordinary occurrence brought to my mind the remark of Linnaeus; that 'before winter, all their hen chaffinches migrate through Holland into Italy.' The Natural History of Selborne Loose droop the leaves, and down the sleepy roadway Sometimes pipes a chaffinch; loose droops the blue. Bulchevy's Book of English Verse Tristram, H.B., on unhealthy districts in North Africa; on the habits of the chaffinch in Palestine; on the birds of the Sahara; on the animals inhabiting the Sahara. The Descent of Man He received thirty sous per day, and for a month he returned to his lodgings gay as a chaffinch, and affable toward his master. The Three Musketeers Our flocks of female chaffinches have not yet forsaken us. The Natural History of Selborne |
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