Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Page xxvii
... bill is depressed , aud broad at the tip ; in the cock of a pale yellow , in the hen dusky ; the tongue is hard and cloven , the irides of the eyes are brown , paler on the upper side . The head , neck , back , throat , breast , and ...
... bill is depressed , aud broad at the tip ; in the cock of a pale yellow , in the hen dusky ; the tongue is hard and cloven , the irides of the eyes are brown , paler on the upper side . The head , neck , back , throat , breast , and ...
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... bill is short and strong , the upper chap pretty much curved , with a small notch near the end , and of a black colour ; the lower is dusky at the point , and horn - coloured at the base . The tongue is divided and jagged . Between the bill ...
... bill is short and strong , the upper chap pretty much curved , with a small notch near the end , and of a black colour ; the lower is dusky at the point , and horn - coloured at the base . The tongue is divided and jagged . Between the bill ...
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... bill is an inch long , the upper mandible of a dusky colour , the lower yellow . The mouth within yellow , between the bill and eyes is a pale coloured spot , and between that and the throat a dark one . The eyes are brown , large ...
... bill is an inch long , the upper mandible of a dusky colour , the lower yellow . The mouth within yellow , between the bill and eyes is a pale coloured spot , and between that and the throat a dark one . The eyes are brown , large ...
Page 11
... brighter and stronger , particularly by the light - coloured line which passes from the bill to the eyes being whiter in the cock , and the dark- coloured line being darker . Thrush Nast & Eggs . Black Bird or Ouzle ! 12 *
... brighter and stronger , particularly by the light - coloured line which passes from the bill to the eyes being whiter in the cock , and the dark- coloured line being darker . Thrush Nast & Eggs . Black Bird or Ouzle ! 12 *
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... brighter and stronger , particularly by the light - coloured line which passes from the bill to the eyes being whiter in the cock , and the dark- coloured line being darker . Thrush Nest & Eggs 6 A Black Bird or Cazle 12 *
... brighter and stronger , particularly by the light - coloured line which passes from the bill to the eyes being whiter in the cock , and the dark- coloured line being darker . Thrush Nest & Eggs 6 A Black Bird or Cazle 12 *
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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