Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer in the British IslandsBickers and Son, 1875 - 336 páginas |
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... autumn was a matter of notoriety . Hereabouts , " says an old chronicle of East- bourne , " is the chief place for catching the delicious birds called Wheatears , which much resemble the French Ortolans ; " and Wheatears play an ...
... autumn was a matter of notoriety . Hereabouts , " says an old chronicle of East- bourne , " is the chief place for catching the delicious birds called Wheatears , which much resemble the French Ortolans ; " and Wheatears play an ...
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... autumn , " is now so plentiful in the same neighbourhood that I have shot as many as half a dozen in one day in September , within a few miles of Selborne . The Common Bunting , which in 1768 was considered to be a " rare bird " in the ...
... autumn , " is now so plentiful in the same neighbourhood that I have shot as many as half a dozen in one day in September , within a few miles of Selborne . The Common Bunting , which in 1768 was considered to be a " rare bird " in the ...
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... autumn that the shepherds trapped them by dozens , are now far less numerous at the same season , and the practice of snaring them has perceptibly de- clined.1 It was remarkable that , although in the height of the season - i . e . , at ...
... autumn that the shepherds trapped them by dozens , are now far less numerous at the same season , and the practice of snaring them has perceptibly de- clined.1 It was remarkable that , although in the height of the season - i . e . , at ...
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... autumn plumage of this bird is very remarkable . If an old bird be examined in September , it will be found that the white superciliary streak has almost dis- appeared ; the colour of the upper parts has become reddish brown ; the ...
... autumn plumage of this bird is very remarkable . If an old bird be examined in September , it will be found that the white superciliary streak has almost dis- appeared ; the colour of the upper parts has become reddish brown ; the ...
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... autumn . tall In the southern counties of England the Whinchat is sometimes very numerous , and may be found in every meadow perched upon the grass stems or dockweed . The abundance or scarcity of this species , however , varies con ...
... autumn . tall In the southern counties of England the Whinchat is sometimes very numerous , and may be found in every meadow perched upon the grass stems or dockweed . The abundance or scarcity of this species , however , varies con ...
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Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1877 |
Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1875 |
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amongst Anthus appearance April arrival Blackcap Blyth breed British Birds British Islands Canon Tristram Chiff-chaff claw coast colour common congeners Cuckoo eastward eggs Egypt England Europe feathers Flycatcher frequently Garden Warbler genus Grasshopper Warbler grey ground habits hatched haunts Hist Hoopoe Howard Saunders Ibis India insects instance Ireland June Landrail Lapland Lesser Whitethroat Lord Lilford male Malta Martin Meadow Pipit Mediterranean migration month naturalists neighbourhood nest Nightingale Nightjar Norfolk North Africa noticed observed occasionally occurrence Ornithology Palestine palustris plumage Professor Newton rare Redstart Reed Warbler regular summer remarked resembles Rock Pipit says Scotland season Sedge Warbler seen September Shetland shot song southward species specimens spotted spring and autumn Stonechat strepera summer migrants summer visitant Sussex Swallow Swift tail throughout tion Tree Pipit trees Wheatear Whinchat Willow Warbler Willow Wren wind wing winter quarters Wood Warbler Yarrell Yellow Wagtail Zoologist