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... forming white bars ; secondaries , dull black , very broad , and abruptly round- ed ; tertiaries , dull black ; greater and lesser under wing coverts , white , with a few oval - shaped greyish black spots . The four middle feathers of ...
... forming white bars ; secondaries , dull black , very broad , and abruptly round- ed ; tertiaries , dull black ; greater and lesser under wing coverts , white , with a few oval - shaped greyish black spots . The four middle feathers of ...
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... forming by a junction a ring round the back of the neck ; beneath it is a black band ; over the eye is a broad white band , and a black line runs through it , widening as it descends ; tufts of bristles , or hair - like feathers , of a ...
... forming by a junction a ring round the back of the neck ; beneath it is a black band ; over the eye is a broad white band , and a black line runs through it , widening as it descends ; tufts of bristles , or hair - like feathers , of a ...
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... forming eight distinct bands ; the third , fourth , fifth , and sixth feathers tipped on the outer web with white ; shafts , black ; the first feather is very short , the second two inches longer than the first , and one inch shorter ...
... forming eight distinct bands ; the third , fourth , fifth , and sixth feathers tipped on the outer web with white ; shafts , black ; the first feather is very short , the second two inches longer than the first , and one inch shorter ...
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... forming white bars; secondaries, dull black, very broad, and abruptly rounded; tertiaries, dull black; greater and lesser under wing coverts, white, with a few oval-shaped greyish black spots. The four middle feathers of the tail are ...
... forming white bars; secondaries, dull black, very broad, and abruptly rounded; tertiaries, dull black; greater and lesser under wing coverts, white, with a few oval-shaped greyish black spots. The four middle feathers of the tail are ...
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... forming a sort of comb of seven or eight teeth : these teeth point forwards , and not backwards , which is against the general supposition that they are intended for holding the insects the better . Here , as in so many other instances ...
... forming a sort of comb of seven or eight teeth : these teeth point forwards , and not backwards , which is against the general supposition that they are intended for holding the insects the better . Here , as in so many other instances ...
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A History of British Birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris; 4 F O (Francis Orpen) 1810-1 Morris Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2021 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
appear autumn band barred base beginning bill bird blackish breast brown brownish built chin claws close colour common consists continued crown Cuckoo dark brown darker dull dusky edged eggs feathers feed female five flocks formed former four frequently greater and lesser green grey greyish white ground half hatched head hole inches inner insects instances iris Italy known latter leave legs length less lesser wing coverts light longest lower male Martin mentions middle month nape natural nearly neck nest observed occasionally occurred October outer pair pale parents placed primaries recorded reddish remain rest says seen short shot sides sometimes Sparrow species streaked summer Swallows tertiaries third throat tinged tipped toes trees upper tail coverts Wagtail whole winter WOODPECKER yellow yellowish yellowish brown young birds
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Seite 259 - Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thy altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my GOD.
Seite 46 - ... downwards is very broad, with a considerable depression in the middle. This depression seems formed by nature for the design of giving a more secure lodgment to the egg of the hedge-sparrow, or its young one, when the young cuckoo is employed in removing either of them from the nest. When it is about twelve days old, this cavity is quite filled up, and then the back assumes the shape of nestling birds in general.
Seite 98 - ... in general with us this Hirundo breeds in chimneys ; and loves to haunt those stacks where there is a constant fire, no doubt for the sake of warmth. Not that it can subsist in the immediate shaft where there is a fire; but prefers one adjoining to that of the kitchen, and disregards the perpetual smoke of that funnel, as I have often observed with some degree of wonder.
Seite 45 - ... egg, put there at the same time, to remain unmolested. The singularity of its shape is well adapted to these purposes ; for, different from other newly-hatched birds its back, from the scapulae downwards, is very broad, with a considerable depression in the middle.
Seite 180 - MID pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home! A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, Which seek through the world is ne'er met with elsewhere. Home! home! sweet, sweet home! There's no place like home!
Seite 44 - ... somewhat superior in size, turned out the other, together with the young hedge-sparrow and the unhatched egg. This contest was very remarkable. The combatants alternately appeared to have the advantage, as each carried the other several times nearly to the top of the nest, and then sunk down again, oppressed by the weight of its burden; till at length, after various efforts, the strongest prevailed, and was afterwards brought up by the hedge-sparrows.
Seite 44 - ... to recommend it to notice. But the odd part of the story is, that the bird which hatched the cuckoo never came near it; but her place was supplied by a hedge-sparrow, who performed her part diligently and punctually...
Seite 100 - Swallow, built her nest for three or four years, quite regardless of the removal or light of the lamp, and the constant passing and repassing of the servants. On the opposite side of the same open court, the great housebell was hung, under a wooden cover, fastened to the north wall of the house : it was a large bell, and was rung several times a day, to call the servants to their meals. Under the wooden cover of this bell, the same Swallow, it is believed, which had formerly built on the bracket...
Seite 53 - In the nest, which was barely a hole scratched out of the coal-slack, in the manner of a plover's nest, I observed three eggs, but did not touch them. As I had labourers constantly at work in that field, I went thither every day, and always looked...
Seite 271 - I have watched pairs of sparrows repeatedly feeding their young, and have found that they bring food to the nest once in ten minutes during at least six hours of the twenty-four, and that each time from two to six caterpillars are brought : every naturalist will know this to be under the mark. Now suppose the ' three thousand five hundred sparrows' destroyed by the ' Association for killing Sparrows...