Bird-keeping, by the author of 'Domestic pets'.1869 |
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... comes amiss to it ; it will eat young game and poultry , fish , carrion , eggs , insects , fruit , and grain . Yet it must do good service in ridding gardens and fields of destructive foes , for it eats beetles in great numbers , The ...
... comes amiss to it ; it will eat young game and poultry , fish , carrion , eggs , insects , fruit , and grain . Yet it must do good service in ridding gardens and fields of destructive foes , for it eats beetles in great numbers , The ...
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... comes near them . The birds that are smallest and blackest , and have the brightest yellow rims round their eyes , are probably cocks . If reared from the nest , they must be kept warm and fed on sop made of stale white bread and milk ...
... comes near them . The birds that are smallest and blackest , and have the brightest yellow rims round their eyes , are probably cocks . If reared from the nest , they must be kept warm and fed on sop made of stale white bread and milk ...
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... comes to England in April , but is not very common except in mountain districts . Its song is loud and sonorous , but consists of a repetition of a few notes only . It will live six or seven years in confinement , and must be treated ...
... comes to England in April , but is not very common except in mountain districts . Its song is loud and sonorous , but consists of a repetition of a few notes only . It will live six or seven years in confinement , and must be treated ...
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... comes near to the dwellings of man , it imitates all the harsh sounds it hears produced by the saw , the hammer , the millstone , the grindstone , ungreased wheels , etc. , the barking of dogs , the lowing of cattle , and so on . Its ...
... comes near to the dwellings of man , it imitates all the harsh sounds it hears produced by the saw , the hammer , the millstone , the grindstone , ungreased wheels , etc. , the barking of dogs , the lowing of cattle , and so on . Its ...
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... comes occasionally to England between April and September , and instances have been known of its breeding in this country . Its curious purse or saucer - shaped nest is generally placed in a forked branch , or suspended from it by two ...
... comes occasionally to England between April and September , and instances have been known of its breeding in this country . Its curious purse or saucer - shaped nest is generally placed in a forked branch , or suspended from it by two ...
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Strona 1 - UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE' UNDER the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...
Strona 7 - ... over the steepest mountains and deepest rivers, and in her glorious career looks with contempt upon those high steeples and magnificent palaces which we adore and wonder at; from which height I can make her to descend by a word from my mouth (which she both knows and obeys), to accept of meat from my hand, to own me for her master, to go home with me, and be willing the next day to afford me the like recreation.
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Strona 82 - moults," — which is generally in July or August, according to the heat of the weather — all you need to do is, to keep him quiet and free from draughts. Being a cheerful, lively bird, there is no need to have him covered up, but do not let him be unduly excited. Give him a very small quantity of raw beef, scraped, and moistened with cold water, once a week ; occasionally, a little yolk of hard-boiled egg; and now and then a piece of sponge-cake, and ripe chickweed in full flower. Nature will...
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Strona 11 - Falco subbuted) are true Falcons, and though but small birds, possess great courage and are of rapid flight. The Merlin was considered a very excellent bird for hawking, and was much used to fly at partridges and other small birds. It is easily tamed and exceedingly docile. An amusing anecdote is told by Mr. Knox of a wild Merlin who was his daily companion while snipe-shooting in Ireland, following him from one marsh to another, and always watching for a wounded bird to which he could give chase...
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