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 June 19, 2024.
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Of the Thrushes of Chiappa and Artisicer-Sparrows.
THere is a sort of Thrushes found in Chiappa, which they call Artisicer-Sparrows. They are black only on the Breast, and red on the Head. They feed only upon Acorns. With their Bill they perforate the barks of Pine-trees; and in each hole fitly ac∣commodate or stick in an acorn, so that by the hand it cannot be pluckt out; and so very
elegantly set the Pine-tree round with Acorns. Then sticking to the bark with their Feet, they strike the A corn with their Bill, and devour the kernel.
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