The Domestic Habits of BirdsCharles Knight, ... Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, ... Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh; Atkinson and Company, Glasgow; Wakeman, Dublin; Willmer and Smith, Liverpool; and Baines and Company, Leeds; and Jackson, New York., 1833 - 379 pàgines |
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Albertus Magnus Aldrovand animals appears Aristotle artificial mother BECHSTEIN bill birds of prey bittern black-cap breeding brood Buffon cage called capon chaffinch chickens circumstance cock colour Daines Barrington days after incubation eagle eggs Embryo Embryo Chick fact feathers feed female flock frequently gland glottis goldfinch ground habits hatched heard heat Hist imitation insects instance instrument larynx linnet magnified view male manner membrane Montbeillard natural Naturalist nest nestling never night nightingale notes observed Oiseaux orifice Ornith oven pair parent birds peculiar pigeons Pliny plovers prey probably produced quadrupeds Réaumur red-breast reed reeded instruments remarks resembling rooks roost says season seems seen shell similar sing song song-birds soon sound sparrows species spot swallows swans TEMMINCK thrush tion tones trachea tree usually uttered vocal chords vocal organs voice vultures whole wild windpipe wings woodlark wren yolk young