A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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... Common Anas boschas F. Facts that prove the Utility of Birds February Flicker . Foraging Habits of Birds Picus auratus G. Golden - crowned Thrush Golden Robin Golden - winged Woodpecker Turdus aurocapillus Icterus Baltimore . Picus ...
... Common Anas boschas F. Facts that prove the Utility of Birds February Flicker . Foraging Habits of Birds Picus auratus G. Golden - crowned Thrush Golden Robin Golden - winged Woodpecker Turdus aurocapillus Icterus Baltimore . Picus ...
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... common time , while in others the time could not be distinguished . Each tune , however , con- sists of four bars or strains , sometimes five , though late in the season the song is frequently broken off at the end of the third strain ...
... common time , while in others the time could not be distinguished . Each tune , however , con- sists of four bars or strains , sometimes five , though late in the season the song is frequently broken off at the end of the third strain ...
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... common to speak disparagingly of the Hair - Bird , as if he were good for nothing , without beauty and with- out song . He is despised even by epicures , because his weight of flesh is not worth a charge of powder and shot . Though he ...
... common to speak disparagingly of the Hair - Bird , as if he were good for nothing , without beauty and with- out song . He is despised even by epicures , because his weight of flesh is not worth a charge of powder and shot . Though he ...
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... common in this region , and has been more generally observed since the custom of planting the spruce and the fir in our gardens and enclos- The Linnet , though not early in building its nest , is sometimes heard to sing earlier even ...
... common in this region , and has been more generally observed since the custom of planting the spruce and the fir in our gardens and enclos- The Linnet , though not early in building its nest , is sometimes heard to sing earlier even ...
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... Common , and in all the lofty trees of the suburbs , as well as in the country villages , are two little birds whose songs are heard daily and hourly , from the middle of May until the last of sum- mer . They are usually concealed among ...
... Common , and in all the lofty trees of the suburbs , as well as in the country villages , are two little birds whose songs are heard daily and hourly , from the middle of May until the last of sum- mer . They are usually concealed among ...
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