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... constructing Nests . This work is the business of their lives - the duty which calls forth that wonderful ingenuity ... constructed , and the exquisite adaptation of the nest to the peculiar habits of the individual , offer a subject of ...
... constructing Nests . This work is the business of their lives - the duty which calls forth that wonderful ingenuity ... constructed , and the exquisite adaptation of the nest to the peculiar habits of the individual , offer a subject of ...
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... constructed so admirable an arrange- ment of plants , was less successful in his classification of animals ; but as his system of birds has been very extensively adopted , sometimes with slight alterations , such as those of Pennant and ...
... constructed so admirable an arrange- ment of plants , was less successful in his classification of animals ; but as his system of birds has been very extensively adopted , sometimes with slight alterations , such as those of Pennant and ...
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... constructed of glue nor fish - bones . ' We are certain that this contradiction of the general belief will apply equally to the kingfisher of England . In the bank of a stream at Lee , in Kent , we have been ac- quainted with one of ...
... constructed of glue nor fish - bones . ' We are certain that this contradiction of the general belief will apply equally to the kingfisher of England . In the bank of a stream at Lee , in Kent , we have been ac- quainted with one of ...
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... constructed their nests in a hole of a bank which projects over a piece of water , on my pre- mises , not one hundred yards from the house . " In the summer of 1828 , a single kingfisher took up his abode at Stamford Hill , in the ...
... constructed their nests in a hole of a bank which projects over a piece of water , on my pre- mises , not one hundred yards from the house . " In the summer of 1828 , a single kingfisher took up his abode at Stamford Hill , in the ...
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... construct their nests , which are at first slightly formed of a small quantity of old grass , scarcely sufficient to keep the eggs from * J. R. †Manuel d'Ornithologie , p . 729 , second edit . the wet marsh . As they lay and sit , THE ...
... construct their nests , which are at first slightly formed of a small quantity of old grass , scarcely sufficient to keep the eggs from * J. R. †Manuel d'Ornithologie , p . 729 , second edit . the wet marsh . As they lay and sit , THE ...
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Amer American animals appear Aristotle bank bank-swallow beak bee-eater belted kingfisher bill birds birds of prey branches breeding Brit Buffon build built burrow bush chaffinch claws clay colour composed constructed cuckoo's egg downy woodpecker dry grass eagle eggs entrance Falconida Family feathers feet female frequently ground habits hair hatched hawks heron Hist hole hollow inches insects instance Kentucky warbler kind kingfisher labour Latham lined LINN long-tailed duck male manner materials Montagu Montbeillard moss naturalists nature nearly nest nestling never observed Oiseaux Ornith pair perch picul pigeons plumage prey puffin purple martin remarkable rocks rooks roots says Wilson seems seen Selborne side similar singular soft solitary sometimes sparrows species Specimen structure swallow Sylvia Temminck thick thrush tion tree tufts twigs usually Vaillant warbler whip-poor-will wings wood woodpecker wool wren young cuckoo