Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1847 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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... sometimes in the midst of a snow - storm . Mr. Rennie , who remarks that it is one of the few birds that are vocal so early in the year as the months of January and February , heard it on the 11th of the latter month in a hard frost ...
... sometimes in the midst of a snow - storm . Mr. Rennie , who remarks that it is one of the few birds that are vocal so early in the year as the months of January and February , heard it on the 11th of the latter month in a hard frost ...
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... sometimes carefully concealed , but , at others , remarkably exposed it presents externally a mass of coarse stems of plants , moss , withered grasses , and lichens . Within , it is stuccoed with mud or clay , which is again lined with ...
... sometimes carefully concealed , but , at others , remarkably exposed it presents externally a mass of coarse stems of plants , moss , withered grasses , and lichens . Within , it is stuccoed with mud or clay , which is again lined with ...
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... sometimes thought its music most perfect after a genial shower on a fine warm spring evening , when the young foliage was glittering with the rain - drops , and not a breath of air disturbed the direct upward column of gray smoke rising ...
... sometimes thought its music most perfect after a genial shower on a fine warm spring evening , when the young foliage was glittering with the rain - drops , and not a breath of air disturbed the direct upward column of gray smoke rising ...
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... sometimes spotless . The first hatch takes place about the end of March or beginning of April . This species , the Schwarzdrossel of the Germans , Merlo of the Italians , and Merle of the French and Scotch , is widely and abundantly ...
... sometimes spotless . The first hatch takes place about the end of March or beginning of April . This species , the Schwarzdrossel of the Germans , Merlo of the Italians , and Merle of the French and Scotch , is widely and abundantly ...
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... sometimes sings on a tree , but its favourite position for exerting its charming powers is in the air , and it may be known to the eye of those whose ear , unac- customed to distinguish the song of birds , would not detect the ...
... sometimes sings on a tree , but its favourite position for exerting its charming powers is in the air , and it may be known to the eye of those whose ear , unac- customed to distinguish the song of birds , would not detect the ...
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