History of British Birds, Volume 1

afh colour alfo almoſt bafe bars baſe bill is black breaft breaſt and belly breed Buff Buffon builds its neft buſhes cere chiefly claws black cloſe confiderable confifts Cuckoo dark brown diſtance diſtinguiſhed dufky duſky edges eyes hazel faid fays fcapulars feathers feeds feems feen feldom female lays feven fhort fides Fieldfare fimilar fing firſt five eggs fix eggs fize fleſh flocks fmall fome fometimes fomewhat fong foon fpecies fpots frequently ftreak fuch fummer fuppofed furniſhed head inches infects iſland itſelf kind lays five leffer lefs legs length likewife Lin.-Le lour male marked mofs moft moſt Mountain Finch neck numbers obferves occafion orange colour Plover plumage prey purpoſe quadrupeds quills reddiſh reddish brown Ruffia ruft colour rump ſeen ſhort ſmall ſpots ſpring ſtate ſtrong tail thefe themſelves theſe birds thighs thofe thoſe throat tipped with white TITMOUSE trees upper uſe Whinchat wing coverts winter yellowish young