Zoological RecreationsHenry Colburn, 1847 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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... tail , glisten- ing with white , and the buoyant gaiety of his action , arresting the eye , as his song most irresistibly does the ear . He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy - he mounts and descends as his song swells or dies away ...
... tail , glisten- ing with white , and the buoyant gaiety of his action , arresting the eye , as his song most irresistibly does the ear . He sweeps round with enthusiastic ecstasy - he mounts and descends as his song swells or dies away ...
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... tail at the close of every run , its white cap and black gorget contrasting strongly in the sunshine . It is a blessed change . The swallows are come , and they do make a spring , if not a summer . When we proceed to enumerate the ...
... tail at the close of every run , its white cap and black gorget contrasting strongly in the sunshine . It is a blessed change . The swallows are come , and they do make a spring , if not a summer . When we proceed to enumerate the ...
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... tail - fcathers ; these , when skilfully manipulated , admirably represent the spider of February , March , and ... tails " for another year . : We must not forget the Redbreast , as we conclude this imperfect sketch of Resident British ...
... tail - fcathers ; these , when skilfully manipulated , admirably represent the spider of February , March , and ... tails " for another year . : We must not forget the Redbreast , as we conclude this imperfect sketch of Resident British ...
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... tail , he makes a half - circle in his slow descent , singing all the while , till he arrives at the spot from which he started , or reaches the top of some neighbouring tree : and this he will constantly repeat for many times in ...
... tail , he makes a half - circle in his slow descent , singing all the while , till he arrives at the spot from which he started , or reaches the top of some neighbouring tree : and this he will constantly repeat for many times in ...
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... tail spread like the tree- pipit . * Mr. Macgillivray thinks it very probable that this pretty and varying species breeds on the higher Grampians , and perhaps in considerable numbers , but we are not aware of any instance of the nest ...
... tail spread like the tree- pipit . * Mr. Macgillivray thinks it very probable that this pretty and varying species breeds on the higher Grampians , and perhaps in considerable numbers , but we are not aware of any instance of the nest ...
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