Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volume 1491830 |
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Pagina vii
... Half Moon Street , Piccadilly , the celebrated parrot of Col. O'Kelly . This remarkable bird sang a number of songs in perfect time and tune : she would express her wants articulately , and give her orders in a manner apparently ...
... Half Moon Street , Piccadilly , the celebrated parrot of Col. O'Kelly . This remarkable bird sang a number of songs in perfect time and tune : she would express her wants articulately , and give her orders in a manner apparently ...
Pagina xii
... half , a distance of seventy - two miles . Buffon quotes a story from Sir Edmund Scot , of a hawk sent from the Canaries to the Duke of Lerma , which returned from Andalusia to the Isle of Teneriffe in sixteen hours , a space of two ...
... half , a distance of seventy - two miles . Buffon quotes a story from Sir Edmund Scot , of a hawk sent from the Canaries to the Duke of Lerma , which returned from Andalusia to the Isle of Teneriffe in sixteen hours , a space of two ...
Pagina xv
... half a pint of that destructive insect , the wire worm . Shell snails have been found in the crop of a young pigeon ; and where gardens , or even large fields , are infested with slugs or other insects , a few ducks have PREFACE . XV .
... half a pint of that destructive insect , the wire worm . Shell snails have been found in the crop of a young pigeon ; and where gardens , or even large fields , are infested with slugs or other insects , a few ducks have PREFACE . XV .
Pagina 5
... half long . The figure in plate the third is a little reduced to bring it within compass . The bill is short and strong , the upper chap pretty much curved , with a small notch near the end , and of a black colour ; the lower is dusky ...
... half long . The figure in plate the third is a little reduced to bring it within compass . The bill is short and strong , the upper chap pretty much curved , with a small notch near the end , and of a black colour ; the lower is dusky ...
Pagina 8
... half an inch thick . Upon this is laid another covering of soft dry grass , which is neatly platted both in the cavity and all round the borders of the nest . The diameter of the cavity is about four inches , the depth not fully two ...
... half an inch thick . Upon this is laid another covering of soft dry grass , which is neatly platted both in the cavity and all round the borders of the nest . The diameter of the cavity is about four inches , the depth not fully two ...
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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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