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Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds (Classic Reprint) George Montagu No preview available - 2017 |
Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds (Classic Reprint) George Montagu No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
Angl Anim appear Arct ash-colour Bank Swallow bars base Bechst belly bill bill black bird breast breed Briss Buff Chaffinch chin cinereous claws colour Cuckoo d'Orn Deut Dict Dorset drams Duck dunlin dusky black edged eggs Falcon feathers feet female ferruginous Flem frequently Gallinule genus genus thus characterised Gmel green grey ground Gull head hind inches insects irides irides hazel Lath Latham legs length Linn Linnæus linnet male mandible margined marked meadow pipit moss naturalists nature neck nest observed ounces outer pale plumage quill-feathers quills Raii rufous rump Sandpiper says scapulars season seen shot sides sometimes song specimen spots streaked Supp Syst tail coverts Tasschenb Temm Temminck throat tipped with white toes trachea tree upper mandible variety Vög webs weight whitish wing coverts winter yellow yellowish Zool