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... border of reddish brown ; the tail is somewhat wedge shaped , having the middle feathers black ; the other feathers are white half way from the root downwards , and are besides tipped with white . The female is very unlike the male in ...
... border of reddish brown ; the tail is somewhat wedge shaped , having the middle feathers black ; the other feathers are white half way from the root downwards , and are besides tipped with white . The female is very unlike the male in ...
Page 95
... border , which produces a spot of the same colour on the wings . The larger coverts are crossed on the outer side by bright narrow stripes of whitish blue , light blue , and bluish black , the colours of which blend together like those ...
... border , which produces a spot of the same colour on the wings . The larger coverts are crossed on the outer side by bright narrow stripes of whitish blue , light blue , and bluish black , the colours of which blend together like those ...
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... border on pastures and meadows . In August , after the hay harvest , the Hoopoe departs in flocks to the lower country . It is a bird of passage , leaving us in Sep- tember , and returning at the end of April . It may always be seen ...
... border on pastures and meadows . In August , after the hay harvest , the Hoopoe departs in flocks to the lower country . It is a bird of passage , leaving us in Sep- tember , and returning at the end of April . It may always be seen ...
Page 128
... border of the wings light yellow . Individuals of this species are found which vary as to the shade of green , and some have also the tail tipped with blue . Observations . This bird is a native of various parts of America , and of St ...
... border of the wings light yellow . Individuals of this species are found which vary as to the shade of green , and some have also the tail tipped with blue . Observations . This bird is a native of various parts of America , and of St ...
Page 130
... border of light yellow . B. THE ROSE - HEADED RING PARRAKEET , Lat . Psittacus Erythrocephalus Bengalensis , LIN . Petite Perruche à tête couleur de rose à longs brins , Bur . Der Rothköpfige Sittich aus Bengalen , BECH . The upper ...
... border of light yellow . B. THE ROSE - HEADED RING PARRAKEET , Lat . Psittacus Erythrocephalus Bengalensis , LIN . Petite Perruche à tête couleur de rose à longs brins , Bur . Der Rothköpfige Sittich aus Bengalen , BECH . The upper ...
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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.