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Page 66
... brown : chin and fore part of the neck white : breast orange colour : belly and thighs brown : vent white : legs dusky . In young birds the belly is white . " Linnæus places the Water Ouzel in the genus stare ; and indeed it bears ...
... brown : chin and fore part of the neck white : breast orange colour : belly and thighs brown : vent white : legs dusky . In young birds the belly is white . " Linnæus places the Water Ouzel in the genus stare ; and indeed it bears ...
Page 67
... brown , the irides brownish yellow , and the feet yellowish grey . The sexes are like each other in their markings , only the brown on the head of the female is darker , and the white on the breast less pure . The young birds have that ...
... brown , the irides brownish yellow , and the feet yellowish grey . The sexes are like each other in their markings , only the brown on the head of the female is darker , and the white on the breast less pure . The young birds have that ...
Page 80
... great regret of many of his admirers . " - Vol . II , p . 33-34 . - The work is exceedingly rich in anec- dote , throughout . He was At Zoologist's Text Book , by Capt . Thomas Brown , 80 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
... great regret of many of his admirers . " - Vol . II , p . 33-34 . - The work is exceedingly rich in anec- dote , throughout . He was At Zoologist's Text Book , by Capt . Thomas Brown , 80 ORNITHOLOGIST'S TEXT - BOOK .
Page 81
... Brown , F.L.S. , M.W.S. , Ph . S. , & c . Glasgow , 1833. 2 vols , 12mo . Reduced from £ 1 . 1s . to 15s . We do not much admire this work , as it consists merely of the generic and specific characters of birds , on which subject we had ...
... Brown , F.L.S. , M.W.S. , Ph . S. , & c . Glasgow , 1833. 2 vols , 12mo . Reduced from £ 1 . 1s . to 15s . We do not much admire this work , as it consists merely of the generic and specific characters of birds , on which subject we had ...
Page 167
... brown is not nearly so rich , or the points of the neck feathers so well made out , and the bird seems altogether of a laxer and looser make when they are seen together , yet the general colours are so much alike , especially when the ...
... brown is not nearly so rich , or the points of the neck feathers so well made out , and the bird seems altogether of a laxer and looser make when they are seen together , yet the general colours are so much alike , especially when the ...
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