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... become so widely diffused among all classes of society , than DR . BECHSTEIN'S admirable History of Cage , or Chamber - birds ( Stubenvögel ) . In Germany , where it first appeared , and in various other parts of the continent , as well ...
... become so widely diffused among all classes of society , than DR . BECHSTEIN'S admirable History of Cage , or Chamber - birds ( Stubenvögel ) . In Germany , where it first appeared , and in various other parts of the continent , as well ...
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... become accustomed to the food of the aviary , but when winter came , would be entirely ignorant of the cry of their wilder comrades ; could not migrate with them ; and must there- fore perish of hunger . The only means of accomplishing ...
... become accustomed to the food of the aviary , but when winter came , would be entirely ignorant of the cry of their wilder comrades ; could not migrate with them ; and must there- fore perish of hunger . The only means of accomplishing ...
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... become lame ; gout and other diseases ensue , and the loss of one or more claws is frequently the result . It must be observed , however , that before cleaning a bird's feet , it is ne- cessary to dip them in water , as otherwise the ...
... become lame ; gout and other diseases ensue , and the loss of one or more claws is frequently the result . It must be observed , however , that before cleaning a bird's feet , it is ne- cessary to dip them in water , as otherwise the ...
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... become acquainted , -is the following : - A portion - larger , or smaller , in proportion to the wildness of the bird - is cut off from the inner plume of the pen feathers , so that the bird cannot hurt itself if it attempts to leave ...
... become acquainted , -is the following : - A portion - larger , or smaller , in proportion to the wildness of the bird - is cut off from the inner plume of the pen feathers , so that the bird cannot hurt itself if it attempts to leave ...
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... become exceedingly lively , and begin to eat . The appetite thus incited in birds by the use of the bath , is ana- logous to the same phenomenon in the human being . In order to elucidate the general rules which I shall give , as to the ...
... become exceedingly lively , and begin to eat . The appetite thus incited in birds by the use of the bath , is ana- logous to the same phenomenon in the human being . In order to elucidate the general rules which I shall give , as to 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.