 ... remain over the spot for some little time, and as the clear fresh sap exudes and trickles down the bark they place their bill against the dependent drop and suck it in with evident relish — a habit which has doubtless given rise to the more appropriate...  Dansk forstzoologi - Page 148by Johan Erik Vesti Boas - 1924 - 761 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1893 - 408 pages
...which has doubtless given rise to the more appropriate than elegant term Sapsucker, by which they are commonly known in some parts of the country. I have...all the details of the process were distinctly seen, the bird looking at me, meanwhile, 'out of the corner of his eye.' When his thirst is satisfied he... | |
 | Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal, Frederic Augustus Lucas - 1895 - 44 pages
...which has doubtless given rise to the more appropriate than elegant term Sapsueker, by which they are commonly known in some parts of the country. I have...all the details of the process were distinctly seen, the bird looking at me, meanwhile, ' out of the corner of his eye.' When his thirst is satisfied he... | |
 | 1895 - 656 pages
...which has doubtless given rise to the more appropriate than elegant term Sapsucker, by which they are commonly known in some parts of the country. I have...this performance at a distance of less than 10 feet, anil all the details of the process were distinctly Been, the bird looking at me, meanwhile. ' out... | |
 | Indian Museum - 1900 - 366 pages
...which has doubtless given rise to the more appropriate than elegant term Sapsucker, by which they are commonly known in some parts of the country. I have...watched this performance at a distance of less than lo feet, and all the details of the process were distinctly seen, the bird looking at me, meanwhile,... | |
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