Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1847 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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... four nightingale , and the rest of his song was what the bird - catchers call " rubbish , " or no particular note whatever . Bechstein observes that nearly all birds when young will learn some strain whistled or played to them every day ...
... four nightingale , and the rest of his song was what the bird - catchers call " rubbish , " or no particular note whatever . Bechstein observes that nearly all birds when young will learn some strain whistled or played to them every day ...
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... four crotchets in an adagio movement , or whilst a pendulum swings four seconds . Now let us see what notes have been detected in the song . Observers have marked F natural in woodlarks ; A in thrushes ; c falling to a commonly in the ...
... four crotchets in an adagio movement , or whilst a pendulum swings four seconds . Now let us see what notes have been detected in the song . Observers have marked F natural in woodlarks ; A in thrushes ; c falling to a commonly in the ...
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... four bird - catchers , on a spot which otherwise it would not have taken the least notice of . Nay , it frequently happens that , if half a flock only are caught , the remaining half will immediately afterwards light in the nets , and ...
... four bird - catchers , on a spot which otherwise it would not have taken the least notice of . Nay , it frequently happens that , if half a flock only are caught , the remaining half will immediately afterwards light in the nets , and ...
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... four to six in number , are white , and pointed at the end ; and , wherever the nest is placed , such care is taken by the old birds to assimilate its hues to those of the locality , that , large as it is , the most acute eye is often ...
... four to six in number , are white , and pointed at the end ; and , wherever the nest is placed , such care is taken by the old birds to assimilate its hues to those of the locality , that , large as it is , the most acute eye is often ...
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... four or five eggs more than an inch long , generally of a greenish white spotted with ruddy brown , but the colour occasionally varies to pinkish or reddish white , mottled with dark red - brown hues . The bird , though plentiful ...
... four or five eggs more than an inch long , generally of a greenish white spotted with ruddy brown , but the colour occasionally varies to pinkish or reddish white , mottled with dark red - brown hues . The bird , though plentiful ...
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