Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volumen1491830 |
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... rests . Mr. Locke , in his Essay on the Human Understanding , has quoted an anecdote which he seems to have thought credible . During the government of Prince Maurice in Brasil , he sent for an old parrot that was highly celebrated for ...
... rests . Mr. Locke , in his Essay on the Human Understanding , has quoted an anecdote which he seems to have thought credible . During the government of Prince Maurice in Brasil , he sent for an old parrot that was highly celebrated for ...
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... rest by it , we pursue the calculation from the horse to the greyhound , hare , rab- bit , slow - hawk , partridge , pigeon , swallow , and hawks of the swiftest kind , we may pretty satisfactorily account for the amazing rapidity with ...
... rest by it , we pursue the calculation from the horse to the greyhound , hare , rab- bit , slow - hawk , partridge , pigeon , swallow , and hawks of the swiftest kind , we may pretty satisfactorily account for the amazing rapidity with ...
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... white tips . The coverts have broad white margins . It feeds on the berries of * misseltoe when it can find them ; it also eats insects , bilberries , haws , and other small * Viscum album . fruits , like the rest of the thrushes , but 5.
... white tips . The coverts have broad white margins . It feeds on the berries of * misseltoe when it can find them ; it also eats insects , bilberries , haws , and other small * Viscum album . fruits , like the rest of the thrushes , but 5.
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James Bolton. fruits , like the rest of the thrushes , but none of this genus feed upon grain ; nor does this bird destroy the fruit in gardens like the other species of thrushes . In severe snowy weather , when there is a failure of ...
James Bolton. fruits , like the rest of the thrushes , but none of this genus feed upon grain ; nor does this bird destroy the fruit in gardens like the other species of thrushes . In severe snowy weather , when there is a failure of ...
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... rest of the feathered tribes , by the sweet modulation of his tuneful accents , to prepare for the pleasures of the approaching season , even before the • Crataegus oxycanthy . leaves appear upon the trees , and while the frosts 13 *
... rest of the feathered tribes , by the sweet modulation of his tuneful accents , to prepare for the pleasures of the approaching season , even before the • Crataegus oxycanthy . leaves appear upon the trees , and while the frosts 13 *
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