The faculties of birds / [Anon].

  • Rennie, James, 1787-1867
Date:
1835
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The faculties of birds / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Solitary thrushes of England and America, A. 206, fig. Somateria mollissima, Leach, A, 71, 16 Song-birds, vocal organs of, H. 233 Songs of birds, H. 260, 290 Song-sparrow, A. 85, fig. Song thrush, accounts of by Turner, Montagu, and Jennings, A. 124; fanciful accounts of, by Aldro- vand, Pliny,and Aristotle, A.123; nest of, interior plaster-work, 126; masonry of, A. 123; nest, foundation of, A. 125; A. 127, fig. pale thrush and wood thrush, H. 29 Sorex araneus, Fleming, H, 343 Sounds, imitation of, F. 50 Spallanzani’s experiments, F. 116, 119, 255 Sparrow, crow, and stork courts, H. 37 Sparrow-hawk appropriates the crow’s nest, A. dal Sparrow’s nests invaded by the swift, A. 335 Sparrows and swallows, H, 316 Sparrows, said to be entombed alive by swallows, A. 335; nestle in rookeries, A. 337 Spartium scoparium, F, 183 Spatangi, A. 52 Spatangus ovum-marinum, Brissot, A. 52, 53 Sphecide@, Leach, A. 19, 38 Spiders, flowers, and shells, in- stances of the use of colours from, H.119 Sponsa, A.'77, 79 St. Kilda, fowlers of, II. 377, fig. Stapes, F. 36 Starling, blackbird, and thrush, roosting of, H. 61 Starling, anecdote of, H. 317 Staphylinide, A. 102 Sterna minuta, H. 247 Sternum, H.245 _Stilt, American, A. 703 F. 225, fig. Stork, H. 214; boxes in Holland, A. 342; crow and sparrow courts, H. 37; nest at Persepolis, A. 193, stork and crane, A, 192 Strix aluco, Meyer, A. 350 Strix cunicularia, Moline, A. 39, 43, Sig. Strix nebulosa, Gmelin, F, 23 Strix nyctea, F, 24 Strix otus, Linneus, A, 390; F. 40) Striw Virginiana, A, 350 Structure of eggs, H, 105 Struthio camelus, Aristotle, F. 87; F. 132, 222 Sturnelea Ludoviciana, A. 322 Sturnus predatorius, Wilson, A. &5, 207 Sturnus vulgaris, A.20; H. 61 Submersion of swallows, opinions of different authors on, F. 262 Subventaneous eggs, H. 116 Suinda, A. 40 Sula alba, Meyer, H, 377; Heol 70 235 Summer-duck, A. 79, fig.; Wil-, son’s account of, A. 78 Superstitions of mariners accounted for, A. 30 Swallow, anecdote of, H.55; H, 20; feet of, F. 216; H.206; a favourite of the poets, A. 107; mutual assistance of mistaken, A. 106. Swallowsin the banks of the Rhine, narrative concerning, F. 255, tor- pidity of, in winter, White's in- vestigations with respect to, F, 256; kept in cages during the winter, I. 259; opinions on the submersion of, F. 262 Swallows and sparrows, H., 216 » Swan, singing of, H. 308; gizzard, showing its grinding surfaces, F. 198, fig. Swan and goose’s stomach, F, 127 Swift, feet of, F. 215 Swimming bladders of fishes, F 232, fig. Sylvia olivacea, A. 383 Sylvia atricapilla, H. 75, 128, 268 Sylvia citrinella, Wilson, A. 212 Sylvia cinerea, Latham, A. 932, 243 Sylvia curruca, Latham, A,232 Sylvia formosa, A. 86 Sylvia Hippolais, A. 313 Sylvia hortensis, Temminck, A. 344 Sylvia luscinia, H. 270 Sylvia Marylandica, A. 316, 382, 337 Sylvia macroura, Latham, A, 280, 284°; H. 72 Sylvia minuta, Wilson, A. 246, 86 Sylvia phoenicura, A, 242 Sylvia phoenicurus, H, 282 Sylvia pinus, A. 246 Sylvia provincialis, Temm. A, 233 Sylvia rubecula, A. 76, 80, 242, 315, 346 Sylvia sibilatriz, Bechstein, A,315; H. 145 Sylvia salicaria, A. 47 Sylvia sutoria, Latham, A. 958, 259 Sylvia trochilus, A. 3801, 314, 319, H, 129