The Architecture of Birds |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 62
Page v
... wings Account of their nests, by Mr. D rosier . Nests of the blue petrel .... The mining of the puffin Puffin said to appropriate rabbit-burrows • Battles with the raven .... The mining of penguins CHAPTER III.— Mining Birds, continued ...
... wings Account of their nests, by Mr. D rosier . Nests of the blue petrel .... The mining of the puffin Puffin said to appropriate rabbit-burrows • Battles with the raven .... The mining of penguins CHAPTER III.— Mining Birds, continued ...
Page v
... wings 31 Account of their nests , by Mr. Drosier Nests of the blue petrel 32 • 34 The mining of the puffin Puffin said to appropriate rabbit - burrows Battles with the raven • • The mining of penguins 38 · CHAPTER III . - MINING BIRDS ...
... wings 31 Account of their nests , by Mr. Drosier Nests of the blue petrel 32 • 34 The mining of the puffin Puffin said to appropriate rabbit - burrows Battles with the raven • • The mining of penguins 38 · CHAPTER III . - MINING BIRDS ...
Page 2
... wing had been broken to lure him from her nest ; he saw a king - fisher with its splendid plumage of green , orange , and blue , darting after fish in the brook , along the margin of which a family of sand- pipers were hunting down ...
... wing had been broken to lure him from her nest ; he saw a king - fisher with its splendid plumage of green , orange , and blue , darting after fish in the brook , along the margin of which a family of sand- pipers were hunting down ...
Page 5
... wing at the selected twig * . * 99 We have mentioned this habit of the butcher - bird ( from which he derives his name ) partly to shew that in every situation there is an ample field for the in- quiries of a naturalist , and partly to ...
... wing at the selected twig * . * 99 We have mentioned this habit of the butcher - bird ( from which he derives his name ) partly to shew that in every situation there is an ample field for the in- quiries of a naturalist , and partly to ...
Page 13
... wings unfitted for flying .. Larks , Titmice , Buntings , Linnets , Starlings , Rooks . Hoopoe , Creepers , Humming - birds , King - fishers . Ostrich , Emeu , Cassawary . Lapwings . 2. With very short , or no Bustards , Plovers , hind ...
... wings unfitted for flying .. Larks , Titmice , Buntings , Linnets , Starlings , Rooks . Hoopoe , Creepers , Humming - birds , King - fishers . Ostrich , Emeu , Cassawary . Lapwings . 2. With very short , or no Bustards , Plovers , hind ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Amer American animals appear Aristotle bald eagle bank-swallow basket-work bill birds birds of prey branches breeding breeding-places Brit Buffon build built bush cage cedar chaffinch circumstance clay colour composed constructed cuckoo's egg domestic pigeon downy woodpecker dry grass eagle eggs entrance feathers feet female frequently garden ground habits hair hatched hedge-sparrow heron Hist hole hollow inches insects instances interior kind labour laid Latham lichens lined LINN male manner materials Montagu Montbeillard moss naturalists nature nearly nest nestling never nuthatch observed Oiseaux Ornith pair perch picul pigeons plumage prey quantity remarkable ring-dove rocks rookery rooks roots says Wilson season seems seen side similar singular soft solitary sometimes Spanish dollars sparrows species specimen spot sticks structure substance swallow Sylvia Temminck thick thrush tion tree tufts twigs usually whole wings wood wool wren young cuckoo