Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Pagina iii
... FEMALE , IN THEIR MOST NATURAL ATTITUDES ; THEIR NESTS AND EGGS , Food , Favourite Plants , Shrubs , Trees , & c . , & c . , & c . FAITHFULLY DRAWN , ENGRAVED , AND COLOURED AFTER NATURE . BY JAMES BOLTON . VOL . I. A NEW EDITION ...
... FEMALE , IN THEIR MOST NATURAL ATTITUDES ; THEIR NESTS AND EGGS , Food , Favourite Plants , Shrubs , Trees , & c . , & c . , & c . FAITHFULLY DRAWN , ENGRAVED , AND COLOURED AFTER NATURE . BY JAMES BOLTON . VOL . I. A NEW EDITION ...
Pagina xiii
... females emigrate in September and return in April . The female rice - birds in the Island of Cuba retire , as soon as the crop is over there , to Carolina , where the rice harvest is somewhat later . Many birds migrate from one part to ...
... females emigrate in September and return in April . The female rice - birds in the Island of Cuba retire , as soon as the crop is over there , to Carolina , where the rice harvest is somewhat later . Many birds migrate from one part to ...
Pagina xvi
... females sit , but assist in the employment of feeding the young . The singing of the feathered race seems to be the expression of their happiness , and of their soft and agreeable emotions . With these it varies , and when they cease it ...
... females sit , but assist in the employment of feeding the young . The singing of the feathered race seems to be the expression of their happiness , and of their soft and agreeable emotions . With these it varies , and when they cease it ...
Pagina xxvii
... female these spots are paler , larger , and more numerous , being extended over the 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 ...
... female these spots are paler , larger , and more numerous , being extended over the 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 ...
Pagina 11
... female is so very different , that it has 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 ...
... female is so very different , that it has 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 ...
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Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of ..., Volume 149 James Bolton Volledige weergave - 1830 |
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