Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds, Volumen1491830 |
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... wood grouse of Scotland , whose eggs are said to be the most delicate known . The female lays from eight to sixteen , and might by domestication probably be made as prolific as the common hen , which often pro- d duces above a hundred ...
... wood grouse of Scotland , whose eggs are said to be the most delicate known . The female lays from eight to sixteen , and might by domestication probably be made as prolific as the common hen , which often pro- d duces above a hundred ...
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... expense , the noisy inanity , and the fetid atmosphere of the ball room and the theatre , to the pure air of the fields , the rich scenery of the woods , and the boundless objects of contemplation and enquiry xxii . PREFACE .
... expense , the noisy inanity , and the fetid atmosphere of the ball room and the theatre , to the pure air of the fields , the rich scenery of the woods , and the boundless objects of contemplation and enquiry xxii . PREFACE .
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... woods , Some bathe their silver plumage in the floods ; Some fly to man , his household gods implore , And gather round his hospitable door ; Wait the known call , and find protection there From all the lesser tyrants of the air . To ...
... woods , Some bathe their silver plumage in the floods ; Some fly to man , his household gods implore , And gather round his hospitable door ; Wait the known call , and find protection there From all the lesser tyrants of the air . To ...
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... woods , Some bathe their silver plumage in the floods ; Some fly to man , his household gods implore , And gather round his hospitable door ; Wait the known call , and find protection there From all the lesser tyrants of the air . To ...
... woods , Some bathe their silver plumage in the floods ; Some fly to man , his household gods implore , And gather round his hospitable door ; Wait the known call , and find protection there From all the lesser tyrants of the air . To ...
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... wood , with a few slender blades of withered grass to bind it together , and is near half an inch thick ; upon this plaster the eggs are laid , no grass or soft covering being put upon it , as in that of the blackbird , misselbird , & c ...
... wood , with a few slender blades of withered grass to bind it together , and is near half an inch thick ; upon this plaster the eggs are laid , no grass or soft covering being put upon it , as in that of the blackbird , misselbird , & c ...
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