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... Fieldfare . - 140 , Redwing . - 141 , Blackbird , Merle and Woosel - cock of old writers . - 142 , Ring Ouzel . - 143 , Reed Thrush 144 , Rock Thrush . - 145 , Nightingale , variety of strains ; BUFFON's description ; SWEET's account ...
... Fieldfare . - 140 , Redwing . - 141 , Blackbird , Merle and Woosel - cock of old writers . - 142 , Ring Ouzel . - 143 , Reed Thrush 144 , Rock Thrush . - 145 , Nightingale , variety of strains ; BUFFON's description ; SWEET's account ...
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... Fieldfares , Thrushes , & c . should leave a country at the moment when the supply of food would appear to be inexhaustible , is indeed surprising , and can only be accounted for by looking to higher causes . The Swallow tribe , and ...
... Fieldfares , Thrushes , & c . should leave a country at the moment when the supply of food would appear to be inexhaustible , is indeed surprising , and can only be accounted for by looking to higher causes . The Swallow tribe , and ...
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... Fieldfare and Redwing return in flocks . As regards the in- sectivores , I believe them to be commissioned by an all - wise and all - beneficent Providence , to free us from the crowd of insects which would otherwise infest our ...
... Fieldfare and Redwing return in flocks . As regards the in- sectivores , I believe them to be commissioned by an all - wise and all - beneficent Providence , to free us from the crowd of insects which would otherwise infest our ...
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... FIELDFARE . Turdus Pilaris , LIN . Litorne ou Tourdelle , BUF . Der Wachholder- drossel , BECH . Description . In size this bird is between the Missel and the Song Thrush ; being ten inches long , of which the tail measures four inches ...
... FIELDFARE . Turdus Pilaris , LIN . Litorne ou Tourdelle , BUF . Der Wachholder- drossel , BECH . Description . In size this bird is between the Missel and the Song Thrush ; being ten inches long , of which the tail measures four inches ...
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... Fieldfares make their appearance in the northern and eastern parts of Bri- tain , where some of them remain all the winter and spring , while others disperse over the country . In the wooded parts they rest at night on tall trees , at ...
... Fieldfares make their appearance in the northern and eastern parts of Bri- tain , where some of them remain all the winter and spring , while others disperse over the country . In the wooded parts they rest at night on tall trees , at ...
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allowed to range ashen grey Attractive Qualities.-The autumn aviary beak beautiful BECH belly Blackcap blue body bread breast breed Bullfinch Bunting cage Cage-birds Canary Carrion Crow caught Chaffinch Common Nightingale confinement dark brown Description.-This edged eggs elderberries eyes feed feet Fieldfares Finch flesh-colour flocks fond frequently Goldfinch green greyish brown ground habits head hemp seed Hoopoe House Sparrow inches in length insects iris Lark larvæ Lesser Redpole light lighter limed twigs Linnet lower MACGILLIVRAY male mandible meal worms moulting Mountain Finch neck nest Nightingale pair Parrots pen feathers perch plumage range the room rape seed reared reddish grey resembles rump rust colour season side sing Siskin sometimes song Song Thrush Sparrow species spotted spring Stock Dove stripe tail feathers tail measures throat Thrush Thuringia tinged tipped trees universal paste whitish wild wing coverts winter woods yellow Yellowhammer yellowish young birds
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Page 312 - To the last point of vision, and beyond, Mount, daring warbler! — that love-prompted strain — 'Twixt thee and thine a never-failing bond — Thrills not the less the bosom of the plain: Yet might'st thou seem, proud privilege! to sing All independent of the leafy spring.
Page 312 - ... and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below.