An Outline of the Smaller British Birds: Intended for the Use of Ladies and Young Persons |
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... insects and worms . Some feed on both ; and many grain - eaters devour insects , though few of the soft - billed eat seeds . These are again divided into families , from some pe- culiarity in their formation ( chiefly the beak ) ; as ...
... insects and worms . Some feed on both ; and many grain - eaters devour insects , though few of the soft - billed eat seeds . These are again divided into families , from some pe- culiarity in their formation ( chiefly the beak ) ; as ...
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... insect life : when the chrysalis bursts its case , the worm , and slug , and caterpillar , " and every creeping thing after his kind , " come forth ; then appear , led by an unseen hand , myriads of soft - billed warblers from distant ...
... insect life : when the chrysalis bursts its case , the worm , and slug , and caterpillar , " and every creeping thing after his kind , " come forth ; then appear , led by an unseen hand , myriads of soft - billed warblers from distant ...
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... insects was under his view , as he sat reading and for a considerable period the parent birds , " from early dawn till latest eve , ” might be observed catching assiduously our English muskitoes . : It is not likely , in the vast ...
... insects was under his view , as he sat reading and for a considerable period the parent birds , " from early dawn till latest eve , ” might be observed catching assiduously our English muskitoes . : It is not likely , in the vast ...
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... insects amid the leaves , or hopping about the pea - rods in the garden , or flitting round the currant bushes : " it has a soft pleasant strain , with considerable pauses between . " Being a rather tame species , we recommend it to the ...
... insects amid the leaves , or hopping about the pea - rods in the garden , or flitting round the currant bushes : " it has a soft pleasant strain , with considerable pauses between . " Being a rather tame species , we recommend it to the ...
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... insects from curled leaves and buds . " One that was caught , soon drank milk from a spoon in the hand , often following the person who held it ; and , flying to the ceiling , would bring down a fly each time . ” * The next we have ...
... insects from curled leaves and buds . " One that was caught , soon drank milk from a spoon in the hand , often following the person who held it ; and , flying to the ceiling , would bring down a fly each time . ” * The next we have ...
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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