Identifier: harmoniaruraliso00bolt (find matches)
Title: Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ...
Year: 1794 (1790s)
Authors: Bolton, James, fl. 1775-1795
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds Birds
Publisher: Stannary, near Halifax : Printed and sold by the author ... London : Sold also by B. and J. White ...
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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on these,immediately under the lining, is a thick coat of rootsfirmly entangled together, and over these is a thickcoat or lining of red cows hair. The diameter of the cavity is two inches, the depthan inch and an half. The brim of the nest is ragged anduneven, and the whole very roughly fabricated. In this nest was six eggs of a pale bluish white, ormilk and water colour. They are marked with brownand purple spots. The Greenfinch feeds on grain, berries, the buds oftrees, and insects. The song of the Greenfinch is harsh and unpleasing;but the beautiful colours and fine shape of the cock,together with his docility and aptness to learn, rendershim well worthy the esteem of those who delight in thisbranch of natural history. The Greenfinch is a stout and hardy bird, and notsubject to diseases, if you keep him clean. They aresometimes kept in cages in order to ring a chime ofsmall bells. They should be fed with rape and canary seeds, forthat of hemp makes them grow fat and lazy. ESUuiSjv
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f-l/ i5 EMBERIZA MILIARIA. Syst. Nat. 304. THE COMMON BUNTING, PLATE XV. X he bill is large, thick, sharp pointed, and of an horncolour. The lower chap has a remarkable rising angleon the side, which rests on the outside of the upperchap when the mouth is shut. The eyes are brown,having a narrow circle of white round the eye-lids. The head is large, covered with feathers of a duskyolive or lark colour, each having a dark-coloured linealong the shaft. The back and rump are the same colour with thehead, only they are darker along the middle of thefeathers. The quill feathers of the wings are dusky, edgedwith a pale brown. The covert feathers are also dusky,with broad borders of a pale bright brown. The tail is a little forked, consisting of twelvefeathers of a dusky black, with pale brown edges. The throat, breast, and belly, are of a dull white,with a dark stroke down the middle of each feather.These dark spots are more black and distinct on thethroat and breast. On the belly they beco

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