10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIDAH BIRD»
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1
The illustrated natural history
THE PARADISE WHIDAH BIRD. The Paradise or Broad-shafted Whidah Bird is
the species that is most familiar in cages and menageries, as it is by no means an
uncommon bird in its native land, and bears confinement better than most ...
2
The Illustrated Natural History: Birds
THE FAKADISE WHIDAH BIRD. The Paradise or Broad-shafted Whidah Bird is
the species that is most familiar in cages and menageries, as it is by no means an
uncommon bird in its native land, and bears confinement better than most ...
3
An Introduction to the Study of Birds: Or, the Elements of ...
Leaving the examples above indicated, one is selected from Africa, on account of
its beauty and scarceness, the Whidah Bird, or Widow Bird, ( Vidua paradiscea,
Cuv.) The author of the " Gardens and Menagerie delineated " informs us that ...
Whidah-bird. — Fringilla whida. This singularly plumaged and gracefully formed
bird, is a native of the kingdom of Whidah, in Africa, from which it derives its name
. Through the solemn colour of the songster and its rather melancholy notes, ...
5
Animal biography, or, Popular zoology
THE WHIDAH BIRD*. In the kingdom of Angola, on the western coast of Africa,
and in the country around Mosambique, on the eastern coast of that quarter of the
world, these birds are found in great numbers. They are somewhat larger than a ...
6
The natural history and antiquities of Selborne
I have observed in the spring that the supervention of cold weather stops its
progress In the Whidah bird, the mutation of dress is rapid, accompanying the
moult in June and July. The American blue bird pushes brown feathers in its
summer ...
7
The natural history and antiquities of Selborne. With The ...
I have observed in the spring that the supervention of cold weather stops its
progress In the Whidah bird, the mutation of dress is rapid, accompanying the
moult in June and July. The American blue bird pushes brown feathers in its
summer ...
Gilbert White, Edward Turner Bennett, 1837
I have said that it is called the Widow by the Portuguese, but I am since better
informed that it is called the Whidah Bird, because it is brought frequently to
Lisbon from the Kingdom of Whidah on the coast of Africa." Buffon, or rather
Gueneau de ...
Edward Turner Bennett, 1835
9
The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society ...
I have said that it is called the Widow by the Portuguese, but I am since better
informed that it is called the Whidah Bird, because it is brought frequently to
Lisbon from the Kingdom of Whidah on the coast of Africa." Buffon, or rather
Gueneau de ...
Edward Turner Bennett, 1831
10
The Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society Delineated
I have said that it is called the Widow by the Portuguese, but I am since better
informed that it is called the Whidah Bird, because it is brought frequently to
Lisbon from the Kingdom of Whidah on the coast of Africa." Buffon, or rather
Gueneau de ...
