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Page 70
... breast , belly , and sides . The pen feathers are blackish , the hinder ones having a wide border of reddish brown ; the tail is somewhat wedge shaped , having the middle feathers black ; the other feathers are white half way from the ...
... breast , belly , and sides . The pen feathers are blackish , the hinder ones having a wide border of reddish brown ; the tail is somewhat wedge shaped , having the middle feathers black ; the other feathers are white half way from the ...
Page 71
... breast , and sides , are yellowish white , crossed by dark brown wavy lines . The pen and tail feathers are dark brown , the latter somewhat inclined to red ; the two outermost pen feathers are edged with white , and the rest , with ...
... breast , and sides , are yellowish white , crossed by dark brown wavy lines . The pen and tail feathers are dark brown , the latter somewhat inclined to red ; the two outermost pen feathers are edged with white , and the rest , with ...
Page 72
... breast greenish grey , marked with dark brown wavy lines , and on the belly dirty white . If taken young , they are easy to rear , and should be fed at first with ants ' eggs , afterwards with dressed meat , and finally , with bread ...
... breast greenish grey , marked with dark brown wavy lines , and on the belly dirty white . If taken young , they are easy to rear , and should be fed at first with ants ' eggs , afterwards with dressed meat , and finally , with bread ...
Page 104
... naked warty spot ; the iris is grey ; the feet somewhat more than an inch in height , and , as well as the toes , a dirty greyish yellow . The head , neck , throat , breast , seat , greater and under wing coverts , 104 THE ROLLER .
... naked warty spot ; the iris is grey ; the feet somewhat more than an inch in height , and , as well as the toes , a dirty greyish yellow . The head , neck , throat , breast , seat , greater and under wing coverts , 104 THE ROLLER .
Page 105
... breast , seat , greater and under wing coverts , are blueish green ; the back , shoulders , and the three last pen feathers , are liver- coloured the tail coverts , lesser wing coverts , and the con- cealed side of the pen feathers ...
... breast , seat , greater and under wing coverts , are blueish green ; the back , shoulders , and the three last pen feathers , are liver- coloured the tail coverts , lesser wing coverts , and the con- cealed side of the pen feathers ...
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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.