Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Page v
... whole sufficiently accurate in- deed it is impossible to form descriptions , particularly in regard to plumage , which will suit every individual of a species ; perhaps nothing can set this in a stronger light than the following para ...
... whole sufficiently accurate in- deed it is impossible to form descriptions , particularly in regard to plumage , which will suit every individual of a species ; perhaps nothing can set this in a stronger light than the following para ...
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... whole with wonderful exactness . Its death was thus announced in the General Evening Post , for the 9th of October , 1802 : " A few days ago died in Half Moon Street , Piccadilly , the celebrated parrot of Col. O'Kelly . This remarkable ...
... whole with wonderful exactness . Its death was thus announced in the General Evening Post , for the 9th of October , 1802 : " A few days ago died in Half Moon Street , Piccadilly , the celebrated parrot of Col. O'Kelly . This remarkable ...
Page xiii
... whole year in Britain , although it is a bird of passage in Minorca . In England the snipe is migratory , while in Scotland it is stationary . Pigeons have been observed to migrate into Cana- da by one route and to emigrate by another ...
... whole year in Britain , although it is a bird of passage in Minorca . In England the snipe is migratory , while in Scotland it is stationary . Pigeons have been observed to migrate into Cana- da by one route and to emigrate by another ...
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... whole head , neck , breast , and belly . The first quill feathers of the wing are of a dusky black , with narrow borders of a pale brown . The second quills are of the same colour , with a shade of a darker hue near the tip . The covert ...
... whole head , neck , breast , and belly . The first quill feathers of the wing are of a dusky black , with narrow borders of a pale brown . The second quills are of the same colour , with a shade of a darker hue near the tip . The covert ...
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... whole is a rude and loosely - compacted fabric , neither firm nor handsome . They lay twice , and sometimes thrice , in the season ; the first time , the hen is said to deposit five eggs , the second four , and the last three . In this ...
... whole is a rude and loosely - compacted fabric , neither firm nor handsome . They lay twice , and sometimes thrice , in the season ; the first time , the hen is said to deposit five eggs , the second four , and the last three . In this ...
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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