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... bill , sometimes visits us . The SNOW BUNTING , partially , or wholly , clad in its pure snow - white mantle , is occasionally seen in very severe winters , in the society of larks or other birds . * This hardy inmate of the frozen ...
... bill , sometimes visits us . The SNOW BUNTING , partially , or wholly , clad in its pure snow - white mantle , is occasionally seen in very severe winters , in the society of larks or other birds . * This hardy inmate of the frozen ...
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... bill , over the eyes . " Its notes , " says Mr. Montagu , are sweetly and softly drawn ; others quick , lively , loud , and piercing , reaching the distant ear with pleasing harmony , something like the whistle of the blackbird , but in ...
... bill , over the eyes . " Its notes , " says Mr. Montagu , are sweetly and softly drawn ; others quick , lively , loud , and piercing , reaching the distant ear with pleasing harmony , something like the whistle of the blackbird , but in ...
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... , but more commonly , in similar situations ) , by the base of the bill Mag . Nat . Hist . , vol . v . p . 18 . ยง Selby . * Selby . White's Selborne . being broader , having no light stroke over the eye REED WREN . 27.
... , but more commonly , in similar situations ) , by the base of the bill Mag . Nat . Hist . , vol . v . p . 18 . ยง Selby . * Selby . White's Selborne . being broader , having no light stroke over the eye REED WREN . 27.
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... at the base of the bill , and are con- PIED FLYCATCHER . stantly busy in our service , if their song is of no great value . The PIED , or BLACK and WHITE D # FLYCATCHER , we cannot mistake , if we see PIED FLYCATCHER . 33.
... at the base of the bill , and are con- PIED FLYCATCHER . stantly busy in our service , if their song is of no great value . The PIED , or BLACK and WHITE D # FLYCATCHER , we cannot mistake , if we see PIED FLYCATCHER . 33.
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... bills into the turf , in quest , I conclude , of ants : while they hold their bills in the grass , they draw out their prey with their tongues , which are so long as to be coiled round their heads . " + The RING OUZEL , nearly ...
... bills into the turf , in quest , I conclude , of ants : while they hold their bills in the grass , they draw out their prey with their tongues , which are so long as to be coiled round their heads . " + The RING OUZEL , nearly ...
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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