Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Page xiv
... appears that bulfinches , in conjunction with various other spe- cies of small birds , when they are supposed to be destroying the bud , are only in pursuit of the worm in the bud ; " and are thus the means of defending the embryo ...
... appears that bulfinches , in conjunction with various other spe- cies of small birds , when they are supposed to be destroying the bud , are only in pursuit of the worm in the bud ; " and are thus the means of defending the embryo ...
Page xvi
... appear to be superior to any other class of the brute creation . " Where can be found , " says Mr. Bolton , " a more beautiful piece of mechanism than the wing of a bird displayed , or even a single feather , when carefully ex- amined ...
... appear to be superior to any other class of the brute creation . " Where can be found , " says Mr. Bolton , " a more beautiful piece of mechanism than the wing of a bird displayed , or even a single feather , when carefully ex- amined ...
Page xxii
... appears before the public with great diffidence , and intreats the exertion of their candor and kindness in judging this production . Possibly some few into whose hands it may fall may be induced to turn their attention to the ...
... appears before the public with great diffidence , and intreats the exertion of their candor and kindness in judging this production . Possibly some few into whose hands it may fall may be induced to turn their attention to the ...
Page xxiii
... appear That swell the music of the vernal year : Seized with the spirit of the kindly spring , They tune the voice and sleek the glossy wing , With emulative strife the notes prolong , And pour out all their little souls in song . When ...
... appear That swell the music of the vernal year : Seized with the spirit of the kindly spring , They tune the voice and sleek the glossy wing , With emulative strife the notes prolong , And pour out all their little souls in song . When ...
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... appear That swell the music of the vernal year : Seized with the spirit of the kindly spring , They tune the voice and sleek the glossy wing , With emulative strife the notes prolong , And pour out all their little souls in song . When ...
... appear That swell the music of the vernal year : Seized with the spirit of the kindly spring , They tune the voice and sleek the glossy wing , With emulative strife the notes prolong , And pour out all their little souls in song . When ...
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appears ash-colour beautiful belly bill blackbird Bolton breast breed buff colour Buffon bulfinch cage Canary Canary Islands canarybird chaffinch claws coat cock common covert feathers crested lark Daines Barrington dark dried dull dusky black dusky white edges England Europe eyes are brown feeds female flies flocks frequently FRINGILLA goldfinch grass green ground hair head horn colour inches inhabitants insects kind lark legs and feet lining Linnæus Linnet lower male middle moss MOTACILLA Nest & Eggs NEST AND EGGS nightingale notes observes olive orange colour ornithologists pale brown Pennant PLATE plumage quill feathers redbreast reeds says season SEDGE WARBLER seeds side sing skylark small birds soft sometimes song birds SONG THRUSH sparrow species spots spring Sweden sweet SYLVIA Syst tail throat thrush tips titmouse trees twelve feathers Twite upper variety WARBLER WHINCHAT whole wings winter woodlark woods wren yellow young Zool