Zoological RecreationsH. Colburn, 1849 - Всего страниц: 384 |
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... eggs , spotted with brown . The first family is generally ready for mounting into the air by the end of June ; and a second brood is usually fully fledged in August . It is most persevering in the great business of incubation ; and , if ...
... eggs , spotted with brown . The first family is generally ready for mounting into the air by the end of June ; and a second brood is usually fully fledged in August . It is most persevering in the great business of incubation ; and , if ...
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... eggs are spotted with pale orange- brown . The Greenfinch or Green Linnet , ** though not gifted with many natural notes , is prized in confinement for its facility in ac- quiring those of other birds . It soon becomes familiar with its ...
... eggs are spotted with pale orange- brown . The Greenfinch or Green Linnet , ** though not gifted with many natural notes , is prized in confinement for its facility in ac- quiring those of other birds . It soon becomes familiar with its ...
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... eggs , amounting to four or five , are bluish white , mottled with purple - red . We now come to one of the most common of our English birds , the Chaffinch , * whose song seems as much neglected in England as it is worshipped on the ...
... eggs , amounting to four or five , are bluish white , mottled with purple - red . We now come to one of the most common of our English birds , the Chaffinch , * whose song seems as much neglected in England as it is worshipped on the ...
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... eggs , dotted with a few rich brown spots , are deposited . The beautiful plumage and sweetly - varied song of the Goldfinch make it a great favourite ; hence it is frequently consigned to captivity , and taught to draw its water in a ...
... eggs , dotted with a few rich brown spots , are deposited . The beautiful plumage and sweetly - varied song of the Goldfinch make it a great favourite ; hence it is frequently consigned to captivity , and taught to draw its water in a ...
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... eggs , weighing nine or ten grains each - the bird weighs no more than eighty - must not pass un- noticed . A pair , which took possession of a fir - tree in Colonel Montagu's garden , ceased their song as soon as the young were hatched ...
... eggs , weighing nine or ten grains each - the bird weighs no more than eighty - must not pass un- noticed . A pair , which took possession of a fir - tree in Colonel Montagu's garden , ceased their song as soon as the young were hatched ...
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