Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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... buff colour , Mr. Pennant informs us , were sent to the inge- nious Miss Meyrick of Beaumaris . One was found near St. Asaph , and the other near Bangor . This species is widely diffused over Europe . It is frequent in Scotland ...
... buff colour , Mr. Pennant informs us , were sent to the inge- nious Miss Meyrick of Beaumaris . One was found near St. Asaph , and the other near Bangor . This species is widely diffused over Europe . It is frequent in Scotland ...
Page 58
... buff colour , and destitute of spots . The breast is darker buff and marked with numerous black spots , shaded downwards . The belly is of a dusky white ; the legs and feet pale brown . The feathers of The tail feathers This bird ...
... buff colour , and destitute of spots . The breast is darker buff and marked with numerous black spots , shaded downwards . The belly is of a dusky white ; the legs and feet pale brown . The feathers of The tail feathers This bird ...
Page 60
... buff colour . On the angle of the wing , in both sexes , is a spot of a beautiful yellow . This bird has been frequently mistaken for the lesser pettychaps , just described , which it very much resembles ; it has also been confounded ...
... buff colour . On the angle of the wing , in both sexes , is a spot of a beautiful yellow . This bird has been frequently mistaken for the lesser pettychaps , just described , which it very much resembles ; it has also been confounded ...
Page 58
... buff colour . On the angle of the wing , in both sexes , is a spot of a beautiful yellow . This bird has been frequently mistaken for the lesser pettychaps , just described , which it very much resembles ; it has also been confounded ...
... buff colour . On the angle of the wing , in both sexes , is a spot of a beautiful yellow . This bird has been frequently mistaken for the lesser pettychaps , just described , which it very much resembles ; it has also been confounded ...
Page 60
... colour at the base , from whence arises a white line that runs over the eye . The sides of the head , immediately ... buff colour ; the quills are black near the root , which make a remark- able black spot on the wing . One or two of the ...
... colour at the base , from whence arises a white line that runs over the eye . The sides of the head , immediately ... buff colour ; the quills are black near the root , which make a remark- able black spot on the wing . One or two of the ...
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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