The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq, fellow of the Royal Society in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work : to which are added, Three considerable discourses, I. of the art of fowling, with a description of several nets in two large copper plates, II. of the ordering of singing birds, III. of falconry / by John Ray ...

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The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq, fellow of the Royal Society in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work : to which are added, Three considerable discourses, I. of the art of fowling, with a description of several nets in two large copper plates, II. of the ordering of singing birds, III. of falconry / by John Ray ...
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Ray, John, 1627-1705.
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London :: Printed by A.C. for John Martyn ...,
1678.
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Birds -- Early works to 1800.
Fowling -- Early works to 1800.
Falconry -- Early works to 1800.
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"The ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the county of Warwick Esq, fellow of the Royal Society in three books : wherein all the birds hitherto known, being reduced into a method sutable to their natures, are accurately described : the descriptions illustrated by most elegant figures, nearly resembling the live birds, engraven in LXXVII copper plates : translated into English, and enlarged with many additions throughout the whole work : to which are added, Three considerable discourses, I. of the art of fowling, with a description of several nets in two large copper plates, II. of the ordering of singing birds, III. of falconry / by John Ray ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66534.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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The Explication of the Letters added to the Figure of the Day-Nets.

A A Shews the bodies of the main Nets, and how they ought to be laid.

B B The tail-lines or hinder-lines stak'd to the earth.

C C The fore-lines likewise stak'd to the earth.

D The Knitting-needle.

E The Bird-stale.

F The Looking-glass-stale.

G The Line that draws the Bird-stale.

H The Line which draws the Glass-stale.

I I The drawing double Lines of the Nets, which pull them over, twelve fathom long at least, but not double above two fathom.

K K K K The stakes which stake down the four nether points of the Nets, and the two Tail Lines.

L L The stakes which stake down the fore-lines.

M The single Line with the wooden Button to pull the Net over with.

O The Mallet of wood.

P The Hatchet.

Q Q The Giggs.

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