A Natural History of English Song-birds, and Such of the Foreign as are Usually Brought Over and Esteem'd for Their Singing: To which are Added, Figures of the Cock, Hen, and Egg of Each Species, Exactly Copied from Nature ... and Curiously Engraven on Copper : Also a Particular Account how to Order the Canary-birds in Breeding : Likewise Their Diseases and CureC. Ware, 1759 - Всего страниц: 96 |
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... best Means to make all Kinds of Birds thrive , by preventing many Diseases they are subject to ; occafioned chief- ly from being kept nafty , and with bad , un- wholefome Food . Black - Birds are not taken old , and tamed , but always ...
... best Means to make all Kinds of Birds thrive , by preventing many Diseases they are subject to ; occafioned chief- ly from being kept nafty , and with bad , un- wholefome Food . Black - Birds are not taken old , and tamed , but always ...
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... with Bread , as the best Food . Give them fresh Water twice a Week to wash themselves ; otherwise they will not thrive : If they are kept dirty , it will give Ι them Starting , Cock , Hen , and Egg . fub- ΙΟ A Natural HISTORY of.
... with Bread , as the best Food . Give them fresh Water twice a Week to wash themselves ; otherwise they will not thrive : If they are kept dirty , it will give Ι them Starting , Cock , Hen , and Egg . fub- ΙΟ A Natural HISTORY of.
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... best Means to prevent it . The Thrush , when in the Fields , feeds on Infects and Snails , as alfo Berries of White Thorn and Misletoe . Of the Starling . The Defcription and Character . THE Starling is near as big as the Black- Bird ...
... best Means to prevent it . The Thrush , when in the Fields , feeds on Infects and Snails , as alfo Berries of White Thorn and Misletoe . Of the Starling . The Defcription and Character . THE Starling is near as big as the Black- Bird ...
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... best Time for catching them is about Mi- chaelmas : They frequent the Fields where the Thistle , and thofe other Seeds grow , as mentioned before : They are easily caught , being of fo gentle and familiar a Nature , and will both feed ...
... best Time for catching them is about Mi- chaelmas : They frequent the Fields where the Thistle , and thofe other Seeds grow , as mentioned before : They are easily caught , being of fo gentle and familiar a Nature , and will both feed ...
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... best of them . He is feldom fick ; but when he is , give him what you give Linnets or Chaffinches . F Of the common Linnet . The Defcription and Character . OR the Sweetnefs of its Singing , the Linnet is fo much efteemed , that by many ...
... best of them . He is feldom fick ; but when he is , give him what you give Linnets or Chaffinches . F Of the common Linnet . The Defcription and Character . OR the Sweetnefs of its Singing , the Linnet is fo much efteemed , that by many ...
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A Natural History of English Song-Birds, and such of the foreign as are ... Eleazar Albin Полный просмотр - 1759 |
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almoſt Ants Beauty becauſe befides beſt Bill Black-Bird Bread Breaft and Belly breed bruifed bruiſed building their Neft Bullfinch Cage Canary-Bird Canary-Seed Chaffinch Clap-Nets clean cloſe Cock and Hen Cock-Bird Colour Days old Defcription and Character diſcover Diſeaſes Drachms Drams dufky eafily efpecially faid fame Feathers feed themſelves feldom feven fing firft firſt five or fix fmall fome fomething fometimes Food foon fooner freſh ftout fubject fuch fure give Goldfinch Grafs hath Head healthful Bird Hedge Hemp-Seed himſelf Infide keep lays lefs likewife Linnet Liquorice Marks Meal-Worms Mofs moft moſt Moulting muſt nerally Nightingale Number obferve Perfons pleaſant preſently pretty Purpoſe reddiſh Saffron Seed Sheep's Heart ſhould Sky-Lark ſmall Birds ſome Song Sort Spots Tail taken Thefe Birds theſe Birds thofe thoſe Throat Thrush Trees Twite ufually uſe warm Water whiſtle Wings Wood-Larks Yellow young Birds
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Стр. 9 - The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings.
Стр. 92 - They build a.pretty nest, about which they will sometimes be so industrious, as to begin and finish it in one day, though they are generally two or three days in making their nest ; the hen lays commonly four or five eggs, and sits fourteen days.
Стр. 89 - Breeding and Management of Canary Birds. Canary birds, that are kept tame, will breed three or four times in the year ; they usually begin in April and breed in May and June, though sometimes in July and August. - Towards the middle of March, begin to...
Стр. 2 - It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half.
Стр. 92 - They build a pretty neft, about which they will fometimes be fo induftrious, as to begin and fmilli it in one day ; though they are generally two or three days in making their neft. The hen lays commonly four or five eggs, and fits fourteen days. When the young are hatched, leave them to the care of the old ones to nurfe and bring up, till they can fly and feed themfelves. The hen, as I...
Стр. 23 - ... dirty white. The tail is long, the bill strong and slightly curved, eye of a greyish brown, the pupil encircled by a light-colored ring. A bare space extends from the eye to the back of the neck, of a pale bluish color tinged with red. The specimen I have now before me measures twenty-three inches from the tip of his bill to the end of his tail. The tail is eleven and a quarter inches, the bill two and a half inches. I have frequently met with this bird in my travels over the country, and have...
Стр. 93 - ... scalded rapeseed ; when it is boiled soft, bruise the seed fine, and put a little maw seed amongst it, and mix it all together, and give them a sufficient quantity fresh every day ; never let it be stale or sour ; besides this, give them a little scalded rapeseed, and a little rape and canary by itself. You may keep them to this diet till they have done moulting, and afterwards feed them as you do the old ones, unless at any time th,ey are sick, then continue it.
Стр. 89 - March or the beginning of April, put them into the breeding cage for that use ; let it be full large, so that the birds may have the more room to fly and exercise themselves ; let there be two boxes in the cage for the hen to build in, because she will sometimes...
Стр. 88 - March, begin to match your birds, putting one cock and hen into the breedingcage, which should be large, so that the birds may have room to fly and exercise themselves. Place two boxes or little basket-nests in the cage, for the hen to lay her eggs in, because she will sometimes...