Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volumen1491830 |
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... 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 *
... 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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... sweet , and various . It will imitate the notes of other birds , even to the chirping of the sparrow . It is familiar , cheerful , and docile , and begins its song early in the morning . It breeds freely with the canary , and like the ...
... sweet , and various . It will imitate the notes of other birds , even to the chirping of the sparrow . It is familiar , cheerful , and docile , and begins its song early in the morning . It breeds freely with the canary , and like the ...
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... sweet warbling song . He sits on the branch of some tree , with his wings quivering and half raised ; when a fly approaches he hops off to seize it , and immediately returns to his branch and to his song . Spotted Fly catcher . 37 1 The ...
... sweet warbling song . He sits on the branch of some tree , with his wings quivering and half raised ; when a fly approaches he hops off to seize it , and immediately returns to his branch and to his song . Spotted Fly catcher . 37 1 The ...
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... sweet bird : " Up springs the lark Shrill - voiced and loud , the messenger of morn , Ere yet the shadows fly , he , mounted , sings Amid the dawning clouds , and from their haunts Calls up the tuneful nations . " The verse in Gay's ...
... sweet bird : " Up springs the lark Shrill - voiced and loud , the messenger of morn , Ere yet the shadows fly , he , mounted , sings Amid the dawning clouds , and from their haunts Calls up the tuneful nations . " The verse in Gay's ...
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... sweet lark , high poised in air , Shuts close his pinions to his breast , If chance his mate's shrill voice he hear , And sinks at once into her nest . " Instead of retiring to woods and deep recesses , or lurking in thickets , the lark ...
... sweet lark , high poised in air , Shuts close his pinions to his breast , If chance his mate's shrill voice he hear , And sinks at once into her nest . " Instead of retiring to woods and deep recesses , or lurking in thickets , the lark ...
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