Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Page v
... taken last month . There is no tinge of any other colour upon them , and they are full fledged and tame . There were others in the same rookery with wings tipped with white , but they were suf- fered to escape . " Though it is not ...
... taken last month . There is no tinge of any other colour upon them , and they are full fledged and tame . There were others in the same rookery with wings tipped with white , but they were suf- fered to escape . " Though it is not ...
Page vi
... taken together , they are larger than the brain ; whereas the orbit of the human eye is not one twentieth part of the brain . To protect the eye and moderate its sensibi- lity , it is possessed of a nictitating or winking membrane ...
... taken together , they are larger than the brain ; whereas the orbit of the human eye is not one twentieth part of the brain . To protect the eye and moderate its sensibi- lity , it is possessed of a nictitating or winking membrane ...
Page ix
... taken very young from the nest , and brought up in an apothecary's house at Kensington , learnt to articulate the words " pretty boy , " as well as some other short sentences , but had neither the note , nor call of any bird whatever ...
... taken very young from the nest , and brought up in an apothecary's house at Kensington , learnt to articulate the words " pretty boy , " as well as some other short sentences , but had neither the note , nor call of any bird whatever ...
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... taken as a standard at sixty miles an hour , and estimating the rest by it , we pursue the calculation from the horse to the greyhound , hare , rab- bit , slow - hawk , partridge , pigeon , swallow , and hawks of the swiftest kind , we ...
... taken as a standard at sixty miles an hour , and estimating the rest by it , we pursue the calculation from the horse to the greyhound , hare , rab- bit , slow - hawk , partridge , pigeon , swallow , and hawks of the swiftest kind , we ...
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... taken with them . They pronounce the letter R very distinctly . These birds visit Italy in February , and migrate in October ; they are , however , inhabitants of all climates , and are common in every part of England . At the approach ...
... taken with them . They pronounce the letter R very distinctly . These birds visit Italy in February , and migrate in October ; they are , however , inhabitants of all climates , and are common in every part of England . At the approach ...
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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