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... bread has been withdrawn , and allowed to re- main while it gradually cools . They may then easily be pounded into a ... bread crumbs ; Larks prefer barley meal mixed with cabbage and water - cress cut small , or poppy seed and crumbs of ...
... bread has been withdrawn , and allowed to re- main while it gradually cools . They may then easily be pounded into a ... bread crumbs ; Larks prefer barley meal mixed with cabbage and water - cress cut small , or poppy seed and crumbs of ...
Page 17
... bread , hazel and wal- nuts . All birds of the first and second classes are easily pre- served alive , except when taken in the pairing season , in which case they sometimes die of hunger and grief for the loss of their freedom ...
... bread , hazel and wal- nuts . All birds of the first and second classes are easily pre- served alive , except when taken in the pairing season , in which case they sometimes die of hunger and grief for the loss of their freedom ...
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... bread crumbs , may be occasionally added as a treat . The same pastes suffice also for birds of the third and fourth classes . In addition to this , all cage - birds need a fresh supply of water every evening - not only to quench their ...
... bread crumbs , may be occasionally added as a treat . The same pastes suffice also for birds of the third and fourth classes . In addition to this , all cage - birds need a fresh supply of water every evening - not only to quench their ...
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... bread , mixed up in the follow- ing manner : I first put some hemp - seed in a little pan , and pour some boiling water on it ; then , with a stick flattened at the end , I bruise it as fine as possible , and add the same quantity of ...
... bread , mixed up in the follow- ing manner : I first put some hemp - seed in a little pan , and pour some boiling water on it ; then , with a stick flattened at the end , I bruise it as fine as possible , and add the same quantity of ...
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... bread , which must also be bruised up with it , so that the oily milk from the seeds may be mixed with the bread , till it is of the consistence of a moist paste : of this mixture they are all very fond ; but it should be mixed up fresh ...
... bread , which must also be bruised up with it , so that the oily milk from the seeds may be mixed with the bread , till it is of the consistence of a moist paste : of this mixture they are all very fond ; but it should be mixed up fresh ...
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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.