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... insects , and , Bech- stein says , will eat elder - berries . Montagu kept one for a short time , and he observed that the tongue is darted forward and retracted with unerring aim , and at the same time with such velocity , " that an ...
... insects , and , Bech- stein says , will eat elder - berries . Montagu kept one for a short time , and he observed that the tongue is darted forward and retracted with unerring aim , and at the same time with such velocity , " that an ...
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... insects , spiders and caterpillars , which , with its long and slender curved beak , it ex- tracts from fissures in the bark of trees , as well as at times from those of old fences and other wooden buildings ; and it also eats seeds ...
... insects , spiders and caterpillars , which , with its long and slender curved beak , it ex- tracts from fissures in the bark of trees , as well as at times from those of old fences and other wooden buildings ; and it also eats seeds ...
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... insects and their larvæ ; ants and their eggs ; which are captured by means of the glutinous substance exuded from its elongate tongue , darted out whenever they are likely to be obtained . In default of this food , it is said , by ...
... insects and their larvæ ; ants and their eggs ; which are captured by means of the glutinous substance exuded from its elongate tongue , darted out whenever they are likely to be obtained . In default of this food , it is said , by ...
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... insects , quickly makes its way to the higher part of the bole , from which it flies downwards to another tree , or to another part of the same one , to commence again ' de novo . ' Occasionally it may be seen in strong hedges . In ...
... insects , quickly makes its way to the higher part of the bole , from which it flies downwards to another tree , or to another part of the same one , to commence again ' de novo . ' Occasionally it may be seen in strong hedges . In ...
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... insects ; nor are they free from the charge of plundering the fruit trees of the garden , and , in fact , commit great havoc among cherries , plums , and wall fruit in general . " They alarm the insects from their recesses by the noise ...
... insects ; nor are they free from the charge of plundering the fruit trees of the garden , and , in fact , commit great havoc among cherries , plums , and wall fruit in general . " They alarm the insects from their recesses by the noise ...
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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
Alpine Swift Belfast bill BLACK WOODPECKER blackish brown bluish breast brood brownish black Chaffinch claws colour Common Swift crown dark brown darker dull white dusky black dusky brown edged eggs feathers female flocks food consists frequently Gilbert White greater and lesser greater wing coverts greenish greyish black greyish brown greyish white ground HAIRY WOODPECKER hatched head inner iris Lark larvæ latter Legs and toes length lesser wing coverts light brown LINNET LINNEUS longest Martin middle feathers moult nape nearly neck nest Nightjar Norway observed occasionally Orkney Islands outer pair pale brown perched placed plumage primaries purple PURPLE MARTIN quill feathers reddish brown rufous says seen shot Siberia sides Sparrow species spots streaked summer Swallows Sweden Temminck tertiaries tipped with white tree upper tail coverts Wagtail WHITE WAGTAIL width winter WOODPECKER yellow YELLOW WAGTAIL yellowish brown yellowish grey yellowish white young birds young Cuckoo
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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...