Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Page xii
... sometimes sent from Babylon to Aleppo , where they generally arrive in about forty eight hours , though for a man this is a regular thirty days ' journey . A carrier pigeon sent from Bury St. Ed- munds arrived in London in two hours and ...
... sometimes sent from Babylon to Aleppo , where they generally arrive in about forty eight hours , though for a man this is a regular thirty days ' journey . A carrier pigeon sent from Bury St. Ed- munds arrived in London in two hours and ...
Page xvi
... 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 smallest pretensions to song . In ...
... 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 smallest pretensions to song . In ...
Page xxviii
... sometimes enter pigeon - houses , and , it has been supposed , will occasionally suck the eggs . They have a peculiar manner of flying , which appears to be directed by a uniform and regular system of tactics . They keep constantly ...
... sometimes enter pigeon - houses , and , it has been supposed , will occasionally suck the eggs . They have a peculiar manner of flying , which appears to be directed by a uniform and regular system of tactics . They keep constantly ...
Page xxx
... sometimes in the clefts of rocks . The nest before me is formed of straw in the lower part , in the middle with a coarse kind of hay , and the inner coat or lining of fine soft hay , with a few feathers . The whole is a rude and loosely ...
... sometimes in the clefts of rocks . The nest before me is formed of straw in the lower part , in the middle with a coarse kind of hay , and the inner coat or lining of fine soft hay , with a few feathers . The whole is a rude and loosely ...
Page 11
... sometimes been mistaken for the voice of a bird of another species . Blackbirds are restless and timorous , easily alarmed , and difficult of ac- cess ; but Buffon observes that they are more restless than cunning , and more timorous ...
... sometimes been mistaken for the voice of a bird of another species . Blackbirds are restless and timorous , easily alarmed , and difficult of ac- cess ; but Buffon observes that they are more restless than cunning , and more timorous ...
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