Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Page vi
... note of the harpsichord : whenever she began to play it hastened to the in- strument with marks of rapturous delight : a false note vi . PREFACE .
... note of the harpsichord : whenever she began to play it hastened to the in- strument with marks of rapturous delight : a false note vi . PREFACE .
Page vii
... note , it would revert to the bar where the error occur- red , correct itself , and , still beating regular time , go through the whole with wonderful exactness . Its death was thus announced in the General Evening Post , for the 9th of ...
... note , it would revert to the bar where the error occur- red , correct itself , and , still beating regular time , go through the whole with wonderful exactness . Its death was thus announced in the General Evening Post , for the 9th of ...
Page ix
... note , nor call of any bird whatever . Three nestling linnets were educated , one under a skylark , another under a ... notes of the different species of birds are altogether acquired , and are no more innate than language is in man ...
... note , nor call of any bird whatever . Three nestling linnets were educated , one under a skylark , another under a ... notes of the different species of birds are altogether acquired , and are no more innate than language is in man ...
Page xvi
... notes of emulation which they sometimes exhibit are merely the repe- tition of the most varied and energetic of their amorous strains . All birds , however , have a language of their own , and many of them are very noisy without the ...
... notes of emulation which they sometimes exhibit are merely the repe- tition of the most varied and energetic of their amorous strains . All birds , however , have a language of their own , and many of them are very noisy without the ...
Page xvii
... ten weeks . The first vocal effort of a bird is called a 66 chirp , " which is a single sound repeated at short intervals ; the next is a call , " e 66 which is a frequent repetition of the same note ; PREFACE . xvii .
... ten weeks . The first vocal effort of a bird is called a 66 chirp , " which is a single sound repeated at short intervals ; the next is a call , " e 66 which is a frequent repetition of the same note ; PREFACE . xvii .
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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