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Page 65
... base , like that of all other Shrikes , but somewhat bent over at the point , and provided with a small tooth . The iris is brown , the feet F black , tinged with lead colour , and an inch THE LESSER GREY SHRIKE . 65.
... base , like that of all other Shrikes , but somewhat bent over at the point , and provided with a small tooth . The iris is brown , the feet F black , tinged with lead colour , and an inch THE LESSER GREY SHRIKE . 65.
Page 66
... tinged with lead colour , and an inch and one - third high . The forehead is black , and a broad black stripe passes ... tinge of rose colour ; the wing coverts black , the smallest being bordered with ashen grey ; the quill feathers ...
... tinged with lead colour , and an inch and one - third high . The forehead is black , and a broad black stripe passes ... tinge of rose colour ; the wing coverts black , the smallest being bordered with ashen grey ; the quill feathers ...
Page 67
... tinged on the breast with yellow , and on the sides with red . They may be taken from the nest as soon as the tail begins to grow ; and at first fed on ants ' eggs , and afterwards with bread soaked in milk . Mode of Taking . - They ...
... tinged on the breast with yellow , and on the sides with red . They may be taken from the nest as soon as the tail begins to grow ; and at first fed on ants ' eggs , and afterwards with bread soaked in milk . Mode of Taking . - They ...
Page 70
... tinged with red on 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 ...
... tinged with red on 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 ...
Page 74
... a well - known bird ; it is two feet in length , of which the somewhat cone - formed tail measures eight inches and three - quarters . The whole bird is black , tinged on the upper part of the body with violet ; on the 74 THE RAVEN .
... a well - known bird ; it is two feet in length , of which the somewhat cone - formed tail measures eight inches and three - quarters . The whole bird is black , tinged on the upper part of the body with violet ; on the 74 THE RAVEN .
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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.