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... this rule , there is no doubt . We have heard a wild Thrush , one of the sweetest singers of his tribe , sing far into September , but we watched narrowly , and never could find that he had a mate . Then , again , we INTRODUCTION .
... this rule , there is no doubt . We have heard a wild Thrush , one of the sweetest singers of his tribe , sing far into September , but we watched narrowly , and never could find that he had a mate . Then , again , we INTRODUCTION .
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... never find a mate of its own species ; and even supposing it did , there is no reason for believing the young of that bird would be destitute of its native notes ; for if nestling birds have no innate notes peculiar to their species ...
... never find a mate of its own species ; and even supposing it did , there is no reason for believing the young of that bird would be destitute of its native notes ; for if nestling birds have no innate notes peculiar to their species ...
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... never rambles from hearing , and seldom from her sight , and if she leaves the nest , he accompanies her with soft notes of love . " The continuation of song in caged birds by no means proves it is not occasioned by a stimulus to love ...
... never rambles from hearing , and seldom from her sight , and if she leaves the nest , he accompanies her with soft notes of love . " The continuation of song in caged birds by no means proves it is not occasioned by a stimulus to love ...
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... never placed in a Lark's cage , though indispensably necessary in one intended for a Nightingale . Under all circumstances , cleanliness is an essential requisite for the longevity of birds , as well as for their preservation in health ...
... never placed in a Lark's cage , though indispensably necessary in one intended for a Nightingale . Under all circumstances , cleanliness is an essential requisite for the longevity of birds , as well as for their preservation in health ...
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... never becomes neither sour nor sticky , even in the hottest weather . In the case of delicate birds , a few flies , or chopped meal - worms , may , as before said , be mixed with this paste . With respect to the first class , experience ...
... never becomes neither sour nor sticky , even in the hottest weather . In the case of delicate birds , a few flies , or chopped meal - worms , may , as before said , be mixed with this paste . With respect to the first class , experience ...
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Cage and Chamber-birds; Their Natural History, Habits, Food, Diseases ... J M Bechstein,H G Adams No preview available - 2023 |
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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.