But the herring-gull has a shriller, more piercing voice, and resembles the black-backed species just as, in human voices, a boy's clear treble resembles a baritone.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson
Katherine's silvery voice was shriller than usual.
"A Vanished Hand"
Sarah Doudney
shriller yells along the line-American yells-the enemy there had given ground!
"The Desert of Wheat"
Zane Grey