Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Page xii
... says , can traverse two hundred leagues in ten hours . The cavity for respiration in birds is larger in proportion than in other animals . Their bones are thin and porous , lighter than in quadrupeds , filled with air instead of marrow ...
... says , can traverse two hundred leagues in ten hours . The cavity for respiration in birds is larger in proportion than in other animals . Their bones are thin and porous , lighter than in quadrupeds , filled with air instead of marrow ...
Page xv
... says , that " when the little crows were driven out of Virginia , and that , at the expense of several tuns of gold , the inhabitants would willingly have brought them back again at double the price . " We have the testimony of Mr ...
... says , that " when the little crows were driven out of Virginia , and that , at the expense of several tuns of gold , the inhabitants would willingly have brought them back again at double the price . " We have the testimony of Mr ...
Page xvi
... says Mr. Bolton , " a more beautiful piece of mechanism than the wing of a bird displayed , or even a single feather , when carefully ex- amined ? " That easy and elegant sweep in the outline which cir- cumscribes a bird , and the ...
... says Mr. Bolton , " a more beautiful piece of mechanism than the wing of a bird displayed , or even a single feather , when carefully ex- amined ? " That easy and elegant sweep in the outline which cir- cumscribes a bird , and the ...
Page xviii
... says , mentioned the materials which composed the individual under no- tice , it must not , however , be understood that the same species of bird always strictly confines itself to the same materials , though in general we find it so ...
... says , mentioned the materials which composed the individual under no- tice , it must not , however , be understood that the same species of bird always strictly confines itself to the same materials , though in general we find it so ...
Page xix
... say with certainty on sight of them to what bird they belong . " “ I The eggs of some species are subject to variety in ... says Bolton , " nests of this bird with five or six eggs and not two of them precisely alike , either in the ...
... say with certainty on sight of them to what bird they belong . " “ I The eggs of some species are subject to variety in ... says Bolton , " nests of this bird with five or six eggs and not two of them precisely alike , either in 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