An Outline of the Smaller British Birds: Intended for the Use of Ladies and Young Persons |
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amid appears April Architecture of Birds autumn beautiful bill billed birds blackbird Blackcap bough breed British Birds Buffon bunting bush called chaffinch common cuckoo Daines Barrington ducks dwelling eggs elegant feathered feed FIELDFARE finch flies flight flitting flocks FLYCATCHER frequently goatsucker golden-crested wren grey habits hawk heard hedge HEN HARRIER Hist hole insects lark LESSER REDPOLE linnet little bird martin melody Montagu moor hen MOUNTAIN FINCH Naturalist nest night nightingale observer Ornithology perched plumage prey rear their young remarks round says sea pie sedge warbler seeds seen Selborne Selby shores shrubberies sing singular skylark small birds sometimes song songster soon sparrow species spot spring summer visiters swallow sweet tail thrush titmice titmouse tree tribe voice waders wagtail warbler watched whilst whitethroat wild Wilson wings winter visiters woods wren yellow bunting