Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Page xxvii
... borders of a pale brown . The second quills are of the same colour , with a shade of a darker hue near the tip . The covert feathers glisten with green , and those next the shoulder of the wing are some of them pointed with brown . The ...
... borders of a pale brown . The second quills are of the same colour , with a shade of a darker hue near the tip . The covert feathers glisten with green , and those next the shoulder of the wing are some of them pointed with brown . The ...
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... borders of the nest . The diameter of the cavity is about four inches , the depth not fully two . This nest was built between the triple division of an ash tree , and hung all round with the ashliverwort , so as to hide it on every side ...
... borders of the nest . The diameter of the cavity is about four inches , the depth not fully two . This nest was built between the triple division of an ash tree , and hung all round with the ashliverwort , so as to hide it on every side ...
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... borders , and the bill is dusky . The feet and legs in both are of a dusky horn colour . These birds sometimes visit the mountainous parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire , where they breed . They come in April , and leave us in Octo ...
... borders , and the bill is dusky . The feet and legs in both are of a dusky horn colour . These birds sometimes visit the mountainous parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire , where they breed . They come in April , and leave us in Octo ...
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... borders , and the bill is dusky . The feet and legs in both are of a dusky horn colour . These birds sometimes visit the mountainous parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire , where they breed . They come in April , and leave us in October ...
... borders , and the bill is dusky . The feet and legs in both are of a dusky horn colour . These birds sometimes visit the mountainous parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire , where they breed . They come in April , and leave us in October ...
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... borders of the seven first quill feathers are of a bright yellow , as are also those of the bastard wing . The next quills are edged with a dusky green , and the last are wholly dusky . The first row of coverts are of a dusky ash colour ...
... borders of the seven first quill feathers are of a bright yellow , as are also those of the bastard wing . The next quills are edged with a dusky green , and the last are wholly dusky . The first row of coverts are of a dusky ash colour ...
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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