Natural history and antiquities of Selborne (1875)
White, Gilbert, 1720-1793, Buckland, Francis T. (Francis Trevelyan), 1826-1880, Selborne, Roundell Palmer, Earl of, 1812-1895, Delamotte, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1821-1889, James Burn & Company, binder · London : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 111
XIX. ] OE Sab eORN EE, 61 LETTER XIX. TO THOMAS PENNANT, ESQ. I HAVE now, past dispute, made out three distinct species of the willow-wrens (Motacille trochili) which constantly and in- variably use distinct notes ; but, at the same time, I am obliged to confess that I know nothing of your… … THE WILLOW-WREN., knew your willow-lark, but had not seen it then: but when I came to procure it, it proved, in all respects, a very Motacilla trochilus ;? only that it is a size larger than the other two, and the yellow-green of the whole upper part of the body is more ’ Brit. Zool., edit. 1776,…
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