The Natural History of SelborneWhittaker, Treacher & Company, 1832 - 325 pages |
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Page 32
... alauda trivialis , or rather , perhaps , of the mota- cilla trochilus ) still continues to make a sibilous shivering noise in the tops of tall woods . The stoparola of Ray ( for which we have as yet no name in these parts ) is called ...
... alauda trivialis , or rather , perhaps , of the mota- cilla trochilus ) still continues to make a sibilous shivering noise in the tops of tall woods . The stoparola of Ray ( for which we have as yet no name in these parts ) is called ...
Page 54
... Alauda trivialis . Rallus crex . Motacilla trochilus . Motacilla phoenicurus . Caprimulgus europæus . Muscicapa grisola . My countrymen talk much of a bird that makes a clatter with its bill against a dead bough , or some old pales ...
... Alauda trivialis . Rallus crex . Motacilla trochilus . Motacilla phoenicurus . Caprimulgus europæus . Muscicapa grisola . My countrymen talk much of a bird that makes a clatter with its bill against a dead bough , or some old pales ...
Page 134
... Alauda minima locustæ voce . Hirundo apus . Passer arundina- ceus minor . Ortygometra . 18. Largest wil- f Regulus non cris ~ low - wren , tatus . { Beginning of April . Middle of April . Ditto a sweet plain- tive note . Do. mean note ...
... Alauda minima locustæ voce . Hirundo apus . Passer arundina- ceus minor . Ortygometra . 18. Largest wil- f Regulus non cris ~ low - wren , tatus . { Beginning of April . Middle of April . Ditto a sweet plain- tive note . Do. mean note ...
Page 135
... Alauda . 20 , Muscicapa . Most soft - billed birds live on insects , and not on grain and seeds , and therefore at the end of summer they retire ; but the following soft - billed birds , though insect eaters , stay with us the year ...
... Alauda . 20 , Muscicapa . Most soft - billed birds live on insects , and not on grain and seeds , and therefore at the end of summer they retire ; but the following soft - billed birds , though insect eaters , stay with us the year ...
Page 137
... Alauda arborea . Suspended in mid air . Passer arundina- Among reeds and ceus minor . willows . I shall now proceed to such birds as continue to sing after Midsummer , but , as they are rather nu- merous , they would exceed the bounds ...
... Alauda arborea . Suspended in mid air . Passer arundina- Among reeds and ceus minor . willows . I shall now proceed to such birds as continue to sing after Midsummer , but , as they are rather nu- merous , they would exceed the bounds ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animal appear April autumn bird of passage birds of prey breed British Zoology brood called chaffinches colour common congeners cuckoo curious district eggs feeding feet female fern-owl field fieldfares fish flocks former frequently frost garden genus Gibraltar Greatham ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects late legs letter Linnæus mandible manner martins mentioned migration mole cricket morning Motacilla natural history naturalist nest never night observed once ornithology owls pair perhaps procured quadrupeds RAII rain redwings remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ringousels season seems seen Selborne shot sing snow soon species specimens spring stone stone curlew strange summer birds suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail titmouse torpid trees vast village weather Whip-poor-will wild wings winter Wolmer Forest wonder woodcocks Woodlark woods young Zoology