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"Fringillidae" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... whatever attractions they may possess. These cases are in some respects more curious than the foregoing, and have been but little noticed. I owe the following facts to Mr. Weir, who has long kept confined birds of many kinds, including all the British Fringillidae and Emberizidae. The facts have been selected from a large body of valuable notes kindly sent me by him. The bullfinch makes his advances in front of the female, and then puffs out his breast, so that many more of the crimson feathers ...
— The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex • Charles Darwin |
Words linked to "Fringillidae" : genus Zonotrichia, Spinus, Hesperiphona, Pyrrhula, genus Carpodacus, genus Carduelis, finch, Coccothraustes, Fringilla, genus Spizella, Serinus, Carduelis, Carduelinae, Loxia, genus Coccothraustes, Pinicola, genus Pooecetes, subfamily Emberizinae, Emberizidae, genus Junco, Passeres, genus Pinicola, Zonotrichia, subfamily Carduelinae, suborder Oscines, Pooecetes, genus Spinus, genus Hesperiphona, Melospiza, Carpodacus, genus Fringilla, Spizella, genus Chlorura, genus Loxia, Pipilo, family Fringillidae, subfamily Emberizidae, Chlorura, genus Richmondena, genus Serinus, genus Pyrrhula, bird family, genus Pipilo, Oscines, genus Melospiza, genus Pyrrhuloxia, suborder Passeres, Richmondena |
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