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... beak . - 76 , Dominican Grosbeak . - 77 , Grenadier Grosbeak.- 78 , Cape Grosbeak . — 79 , Caffrarian Grosbeak . - 80 , Blue Gros- beak . - 81 , Azure blue do . - 82 , Yellow - bellied Grosbeak . - 83 , Gowry Grosbeak . - 84 , Banded ...
... beak . - 76 , Dominican Grosbeak . - 77 , Grenadier Grosbeak.- 78 , Cape Grosbeak . — 79 , Caffrarian Grosbeak . - 80 , Blue Gros- beak . - 81 , Azure blue do . - 82 , Yellow - bellied Grosbeak . - 83 , Gowry Grosbeak . - 84 , Banded ...
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... beaks , to receive food with which they are unacquainted . Some species , however , may be tamed , and will allow ... beak . There is no doubt , however , that most of the disorders of Cage - Birds pro- ceed from two causes , in part ...
... beaks , to receive food with which they are unacquainted . Some species , however , may be tamed , and will allow ... beak . There is no doubt , however , that most of the disorders of Cage - Birds pro- ceed from two causes , in part ...
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... beak , has com- monly only three cartilaginous cornets , which vary as to their complication ; it is very sensible , although it has no sinus dug into the skull . The size of the osseous openings of the nostrils governs the form of the beak ...
... beak , has com- monly only three cartilaginous cornets , which vary as to their complication ; it is very sensible , although it has no sinus dug into the skull . The size of the osseous openings of the nostrils governs the form of the beak ...
Page 49
... beak and toes ; the arrangement , however , is somewhat different , and the orders more subdivided . 1st . Birds of Prey , with strong hooked beak and sharp claws , divided into those which fly by day - as Eagles , Hawks , Vultures ...
... beak and toes ; the arrangement , however , is somewhat different , and the orders more subdivided . 1st . Birds of Prey , with strong hooked beak and sharp claws , divided into those which fly by day - as Eagles , Hawks , Vultures ...
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... beak is ten lines long , very much curved , toothless , and in colour of a bluish black . The iris , the feet , and the naked membrane above the beak near the forehead , which is called the cere , are yellow ; the foot , i . e . the ...
... beak is ten lines long , very much curved , toothless , and in colour of a bluish black . The iris , the feet , and the naked membrane above the beak near the forehead , which is called the cere , are yellow ; the foot , i . e . the ...
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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.