Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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... lining of fine soft hay , with a few feathers . The whole is a rude and loosely - compacted fabric , neither firm nor handsome . They lay twice , and sometimes thrice , in the season ; the first time , the hen is said to deposit five ...
... lining of fine soft hay , with a few feathers . The whole is a rude and loosely - compacted fabric , neither firm nor handsome . They lay twice , and sometimes thrice , in the season ; the first time , the hen is said to deposit five ...
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... lining is a made of a mixture of clay and rotten wood , with a few slender blades of withered grass to bind it together , and is near half an inch thick ; upon this plaster the eggs are laid , no grass or soft covering being put upon it ...
... lining is a made of a mixture of clay and rotten wood , with a few slender blades of withered grass to bind it together , and is near half an inch thick ; upon this plaster the eggs are laid , no grass or soft covering being put upon it ...
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... lining is a made of a mixture of clay and rotten wood , with a few slender blades of withered grass to bind it together , and is near half an inch thick ; upon this plaster the eggs are laid , no grass or soft covering being put upon it ...
... lining is a made of a mixture of clay and rotten wood , with a few slender blades of withered grass to bind it together , and is near half an inch thick ; upon this plaster the eggs are laid , no grass or soft covering being put upon it ...
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... lining , is made of very fine fibres of roots , without any other materials . In the nest now described , the diameter of the cavity is upwards of two inches and a half , the depth an inch . This nest contained five eggs of a pale blue ...
... lining , is made of very fine fibres of roots , without any other materials . In the nest now described , the diameter of the cavity is upwards of two inches and a half , the depth an inch . This nest contained five eggs of a pale blue ...
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... lining is a thick coat of roots firmly entangled together , and over these is a thick coat or lining of red cow's hair . The diameter of the cavity is two inches , the depth an inch and an half . The brim of the nest is ragged and ...
... lining is a thick coat of roots firmly entangled together , and over these is a thick coat or lining of red cow's hair . The diameter of the cavity is two inches , the depth an inch and an half . The brim of the nest is ragged and ...
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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