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... spotted with white on the inner side . In the female the back and wings are of a beautiful rust colour , with numerous black transverse stripes ; the head light reddish brown , also striped with black ; the tail similarly striped ...
... spotted with white on the inner side . In the female the back and wings are of a beautiful rust colour , with numerous black transverse stripes ; the head light reddish brown , also striped with black ; the tail similarly striped ...
Page 67
... spotted about the middle with brown and violet grey . The male assists in the hatching , which lasts fifteen or sixteen days . The young birds grow so quickly , and are so soon fledged , that notwithstanding the late arrival and early ...
... spotted about the middle with brown and violet grey . The male assists in the hatching , which lasts fifteen or sixteen days . The young birds grow so quickly , and are so soon fledged , that notwithstanding the late arrival and early ...
Page 69
... spotted with grey , on the lower part , dirty white and clouded with grey ; the wing coverts are bordered with rust colour , the quill feathers and tail are a greyish black . Mode of Taking . - A cruel way , though the easiest , as this ...
... spotted with grey , on the lower part , dirty white and clouded with grey ; the wing coverts are bordered with rust colour , the quill feathers and tail are a greyish black . Mode of Taking . - A cruel way , though the easiest , as this ...
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... coarse grass , mixed with layers of moss and wool , and lined with the finest root fibres . It lays five or six greenish white eggs , rather round in shape , and spotted , especially at the thick end , with THE RED - BACKED SHRIKE . 71.
... coarse grass , mixed with layers of moss and wool , and lined with the finest root fibres . It lays five or six greenish white eggs , rather round in shape , and spotted , especially at the thick end , with THE RED - BACKED SHRIKE . 71.
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... spotted , especially at the thick end , with rust colour and grey . The period of incubation , in which the male also takes a share , is fourteen days . The young birds are like the mo- ther , being on the upper part of the body and ...
... spotted , especially at the thick end , with rust colour and grey . The period of incubation , in which the male also takes a share , is fourteen days . The young birds are like the mo- ther , being on the upper part of the body and ...
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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.