. 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 ... . s of the nest, and with themthe figure and cavity thereof was formed; within thiswas a coat of plaster, composed of mud mixed withsmall blades of grass and fibres of roots, and upon theplaster was another coat of fine soft grass, which alsocovered the brim of the nest, and was very neatly andsmoothly laid, as in the nest of the blackbird. The eggs were four in number. In size and colourmuch like those
. 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 ... . s of the nest, and with themthe figure and cavity thereof was formed; within thiswas a coat of plaster, composed of mud mixed withsmall blades of grass and fibres of roots, and upon theplaster was another coat of fine soft grass, which alsocovered the brim of the nest, and was very neatly andsmoothly laid, as in the nest of the blackbird. The eggs were four in number. In size and colourmuch like those of the blackbird, but are splashed withbroad spots of a red brown, by which they are at oncedistinguished from the eggs of that bird. The outside of the nest was quite covered with driedoaken leaves, warped or sewed to the other materialswith blades of grass, fibres of roots, &c. This nest was built on the ledge of a rock, about sixfeet from the ground, artfully hid amongst surroundingheath, mixed with fallen oaken leaves. The cock sings sweetly in breeding-time. His voiceis less loud than any of the foregoing; but it is softand mellow, and he has a pleasing variety of ..SVPf 11LOXIA PYRRHULA. SysL Nat. 300. THE BULLFINCH, OR NOPE, PLATE XI. i. he bill is very thick, short, hooked, and black. Theeyes are brown and small. The head is of a silky black,with a gloss of purple, which colour reaches down tothe nape of the neck. The back is of a bluish ash rump a pure white. The covert feathers of the tail,as well as the tail itself, are black, with a purple gloss. The first quill feathers of the wings are of a duskyblack; the second quills, a bright glossy black purple,the innermost excepted, which is red on the exteriorside of the shaft. The greater coverts are black, deeplypointed with a pale ash colour. The lesser coverts thesame colour as the back. The upper part of the throat,and the lower jaws, are surrounded with a list of black,which unites with the
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