Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Page xii
... numerous there as in Scotland , from whence they most likely originally strayed . The same spirit of coloniza- tion has been remarked among woodlarks , which are now seen where a few years since they never appeared . The xii . PREFACE .
... numerous there as in Scotland , from whence they most likely originally strayed . The same spirit of coloniza- tion has been remarked among woodlarks , which are now seen where a few years since they never appeared . The xii . PREFACE .
Page xiv
... seen except in the High- lands . The proposal to introduce any , or all of these birds , will create no surprise when it is recollected that we derive our pea- cocks , pheasants , and poultry from Asia , our turkeys from Ame- rica , and ...
... seen except in the High- lands . The proposal to introduce any , or all of these birds , will create no surprise when it is recollected that we derive our pea- cocks , pheasants , and poultry from Asia , our turkeys from Ame- rica , and ...
Page xviii
... seen many instances to the contrary ; one of which I will give , as I find it in my notes con- cerning birds . On the 10th of May , 1762 , 1 observed a pair of goldfinches beginning to make their nest , in my garden ; they had formed ...
... seen many instances to the contrary ; one of which I will give , as I find it in my notes con- cerning birds . On the 10th of May , 1762 , 1 observed a pair of goldfinches beginning to make their nest , in my garden ; they had formed ...
Page xix
... seen , " says Bolton , " nests of this bird with five or six eggs and not two of them precisely alike , either in the markings , or hue of color . " The eggs of the less field lark are also variable in color . The nest of a kind of ...
... seen , " says Bolton , " nests of this bird with five or six eggs and not two of them precisely alike , either in the markings , or hue of color . " The eggs of the less field lark are also variable in color . The nest of a kind of ...
Page xxviii
... seen on opening his mouth , which the hen has not , or at least so faint as to be scarcely visible . The first time he moults his feathers , he loses that mark , and may then be easily distinguished from the hen by his colours , in the ...
... seen on opening his mouth , which the hen has not , or at least so faint as to be scarcely visible . The first time he moults his feathers , he loses that mark , and may then be easily distinguished from the hen by his colours , 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