British Birds in Their Haunts1882 - Birds - 626 pages |
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abundant ash-brown ash-grey autumn barred beak bill black bluish breast breeding British Birds builds its nest cere Chaffinch claws coast colour common Corn Crake Cuckoo dark brown Duck Dunlins dusky edged Eggs white England feathers feeding feet female Fieldfare fish flanks flight flocks flying frequently grass green greenish grey Grey Plover ground Gull habits half inches insects irides lays legs less lower male mandible marshes Meadow Pipit membrane mottled Norfolk nostrils observed pale perch Plover plumage white prey pure white rarely reddish brown Reed Warbler resembles resort scapulars season Sedge Warbler seen shores short slender song Sparrow species specimens speckled spotted spring Stock Dove streaked summer Swallow tail tail-coverts tail-feathers throat Thrush tinged toes trees twigs upper mandible upper plumage utters Wagtail Warbler whitish wing-coverts wings winter Yarrell yellow yellowish white young birds