Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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... Wrens and most of the summer warblers hide their nests under brakes or bushes near the ground , in walls , or hollow trees , and make use of fern , moss , grass , hair , and feathers . But be the matter of which the nests are composed ...
... Wrens and most of the summer warblers hide their nests under brakes or bushes near the ground , in walls , or hollow trees , and make use of fern , moss , grass , hair , and feathers . But be the matter of which the nests are composed ...
Page 58
... wren . It feeds on insects , which it catches on the wing , and sometimes watches for its prey sitting on a branch or post , and with a sudden spring darts upon it , and immediately returns to its station to watch for more . It is ...
... wren . It feeds on insects , which it catches on the wing , and sometimes watches for its prey sitting on a branch or post , and with a sudden spring darts upon it , and immediately returns to its station to watch for more . It is ...
Page 58
... wren , but the tail is nearly half the length of the bird , which altogether measures about five inches . The bill is black , with a white base , and the upper mandible a little curved at the tip . Irides red ; eyelids deep crimson ...
... wren , but the tail is nearly half the length of the bird , which altogether measures about five inches . The bill is black , with a white base , and the upper mandible a little curved at the tip . Irides red ; eyelids deep crimson ...
Page 58
... wren , and some others , which become silent about Midsummer and resume their notes in September . Hence , as Mr. Pennant remarks , this interval is the most mute of the year's three vocal seasons , Spring , Summer , and Autumn ...
... wren , and some others , which become silent about Midsummer and resume their notes in September . Hence , as Mr. Pennant remarks , this interval is the most mute of the year's three vocal seasons , Spring , Summer , and Autumn ...
Page 60
... yellow warbler in its plumage , but is inferior in size , and its legs are of a much darker hue . It has also been confounded with the wood wren , but a striking distinction 1 occurs in the tail coverts , which in the 53.
... yellow warbler in its plumage , but is inferior in size , and its legs are of a much darker hue . It has also been confounded with the wood wren , but a striking distinction 1 occurs in the tail coverts , which in the 53.
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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