Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volumen1491830 |
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... side . The head , neck , back , throat , breast , and belly , are black , with a gloss of purple , varying into green , very bright and glistening . The feathers are narrow and pointed , and those on the neck , back , rump , and on the ...
... side . The head , neck , back , throat , breast , and belly , are black , with a gloss of purple , varying into green , very bright and glistening . The feathers are narrow and pointed , and those on the neck , back , rump , and on the ...
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... side , which at the tips are clouded with white . The lower side of the bird , from bill to tail , is white , with a dash of yellow brown on the sides of the breast , and under the wings , and all the white part is beautifully spotted ...
... side , which at the tips are clouded with white . The lower side of the bird , from bill to tail , is white , with a dash of yellow brown on the sides of the breast , and under the wings , and all the white part is beautifully spotted ...
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... side . On removing it some part of the liverwort was found to grow from the tree above and round about the nest ... sides of the nest , just as it hung on other parts of the tree . By this artifice the bird often secures her nest ...
... side . On removing it some part of the liverwort was found to grow from the tree above and round about the nest ... sides of the nest , just as it hung on other parts of the tree . By this artifice the bird often secures her nest ...
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... side , are of a pleasing olive colour , inclining to yellow , about the lower part of the back , but more dusky ... sides of the breast ; and the throat , breast , and belly , elegantly spotted with black spots of various figures , as in ...
... side , are of a pleasing olive colour , inclining to yellow , about the lower part of the back , but more dusky ... sides of the breast ; and the throat , breast , and belly , elegantly spotted with black spots of various figures , as in ...
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... side as if to avoid a foe . The blackbird is one of the first to proclaim the welcome spring by his shrill melodious notes , as if he were the harbinger of nature , to awaken the rest of the feathered tribes , by the sweet modulation of ...
... side as if to avoid a foe . The blackbird is one of the first to proclaim the welcome spring by his shrill melodious notes , as if he were the harbinger of nature , to awaken the rest of the feathered tribes , by the sweet modulation of ...
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