10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAWFINCH»
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Light on a shy bird The Hawfinch. By Guy Mountfort. . (Collins, 176 pp., 18s.) Our
largest native finch is so shy as to be something of a mystery bird, and until the
publication of this book was certainly the least-known breeding bird of England ...
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Science-gossip: An Illustrated Monthly Record of Nature, ...
THE HAWFINCH. (Coccothrauslei vulgaris.) rTTHE genus Coccolhraustei is
essentially Pala;- -*- arctic, and is justly considered by Dr. Sclater as a typical
genus of that region. It is represented by only one known species, the Hawfinch
of the ...
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The Natural History of Pompeii
COCCOTHRAUSTES COCCOTHRAUSTES English, hawfinch; Italian, frosone
WALL PAINTING A pair of hawfinches is realistically portrayed feeding on
cherries in a painting on the N wall of the tablinum in the House of M. Lucretius
Fronto ...
Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski, Frederick G. Meyer, 2002
The short bill of a Bullfinch is used for peeling seeds and the massive bill of a
Hawfinch for cracking stones of cherries and sloes. The Goldfinch and Siskin
have fine, pointed bills. They prise open seedheads, often hanging upside down
to do ...
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A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory
THE BLACK- THROATED GROSBEAK, OR HAWFINCH. HAWFINCH. COMMON
GROSBEAK. GROSBEAK. Fig. GO. Loxia Coccothraustes. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 299.
Loxia Coccothraustes. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 371. Hawfinch. Mont. Orn. Diet.
William Macgillivray, 1837
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A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory: ...
THE BLACK- THROATED GROSBEAK, OR HAWFINCH. HAWFINCH. COMMON
GROSBEAK. GROSBEAK. Fio. 60. Loxia Coccothraustes. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 299.
Loxi'a Coccothraustes. Lath. Ind. Orn. I. 371. Hawfinch. Mont. Orn. Diet.
William MacGillivray, 1837
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Birds of the Middle East
Hawfinch. Coccothraustes coccothraustes L: 18. Rather large, short-tailed, heavy
finch readily told by large, powerful steely-grey bill (horncoloured in winter),
rufous and brown plumage with black on face and chin and broad white wing-bar
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Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
Hawfinch. I live in forests, parks, and gardens. I build my nest in trees. I feed on
seeds, cherry pits, and plums seeds, but I also eat small snails and tree buds.
Swallow I'm a migratory bird. I live in cities, grasslands,. I am a Hawfinch. I am a
very ...
Zdenka Petek-Markic, 2012
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The elements of natural history: chiefly intended for the ...
hawfinch. The note indeed of the blackbird, when heard at a proper distance, is
perhaps the most cheering of any among the musicians of the grove ; but when
confined in a cage, it is loud and deafening. It may be taught however to whistle ...
William Fordyce Mavor, 1806
HAWFINCH. Coccothraustes vulgaris, Flem. PLATE LV. Fig. J. Coccothraustes
vulgaris, Flem. Br. Anim. 12. 8. No. 98. Fringilla Coccothraustes, Temm. Man. d'
Ornith. v. 1. p. 344. Loxia Coccothraustes, Linn. 1. p. 299 — Fauna Suec. No.
Prideaux John Selby, 1833
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAWFINCH»
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Golden Ct., 14042-Jennifer R. Bragg to Esmeralda D. Hernandez, $224,000. Hawfinch Ct., 4774-Samia Wali to Jayson Fisher, $445,000. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Paignton Zoo a haven for British native species
Mallard, woodcock, water rail, little egrets and large flocks of finches including hawfinch are all seen. And keepers are all too aware that the ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
Ornis Committee recommends autumn trapping season
The species are the linnet, the greenfinch, the chaffinch, the serin, the goldfinch, the hawfinch and the siskin. Maltese trappers trap finches by ... «MaltaToday, May 15»
EU to tell Muscat to ban trapping or face court
The species are the linnet, the greenfinch, the chaffinch, the serin, the goldfinch, the hawfinch and the siskin. Maltese trappers trap finches by ... «MaltaToday, May 15»
Falkirk news from Thursday, April 16
FCC also held the final for the knock-out competition (Stanley Bloch Memorial Trophy), the winner of which was David Jones with 'Hawfinch on ... «Falkirk Herald, Apr 15»
Bird Notes: Why three swallow sightings don't make it summer
... Skylark and Firecrest, all commuting through the region to other parts of Britain, while a Hawfinch in Bodnant Garden was also on the move. «Daily Post North Wales, Mar 15»
Focus on: Dyscarr Wood nature reserve
The standout species to look out for is probably the notoriously shy hawfinch with its orange head, warm brown body and powerful ... «Nottingham Post, Mar 15»
Happy Darwin Day: Evolution Of Darwin's Finches And Their Beaks
... as the hawfinch, the chaffinch and warblers, as documented in his book "The Voyage of The Beagle". The team investigated the genetic basis ... «Science 2.0, Feb 15»
Bird Notes: The not so common gull
A Hawfinch was in the grounds of Caerhun Hall, and a reader reported one in a garden in Betws-y-Coed. Another reader filmed a Water Rail in ... «Daily Post North Wales, Feb 15»
The elusive finch
I peer at the finches through the tangle of branches, and pick out a hawfinch. Britain's biggest finch, it is a stouter, thicker-set bird than the ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
