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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... hatched the males leave off singing , and busy themselves in bringing food to the nest . The song generally ceases before the end of the first week in June . Occasionally , however , I have heard a Nightingale sing on through- out June ...
... hatched the males leave off singing , and busy themselves in bringing food to the nest . The song generally ceases before the end of the first week in June . Occasionally , however , I have heard a Nightingale sing on through- out June ...
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... neighbourhood , and so induced to return to it . But although , as regards hatching and rearing , the plan has been successful , the birds have never returned to the place of their birth . For some inex- 40 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
... neighbourhood , and so induced to return to it . But although , as regards hatching and rearing , the plan has been successful , the birds have never returned to the place of their birth . For some inex- 40 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
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... , however , are not of long con- tinuance , for the bird becomes silent after the young are hatched , unless a second brood is reared , when the same wild yet mellow black- bird - like song is again for a short time THE GARDEN WARBLER . 63.
... , however , are not of long con- tinuance , for the bird becomes silent after the young are hatched , unless a second brood is reared , when the same wild yet mellow black- bird - like song is again for a short time THE GARDEN WARBLER . 63.
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... hatched its young , it manifests such attach- ment for them as to allow a very near approach , and will even permit a visitor to stroke it as it sits upon the nest . The beauty of its plumage , its sprightly and at times incessant song ...
... hatched its young , it manifests such attach- ment for them as to allow a very near approach , and will even permit a visitor to stroke it as it sits upon the nest . The beauty of its plumage , its sprightly and at times incessant song ...
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... hatched ; and , out of a score or more examined , seldom more than one con- tained three eggs . Sometimes I observed that Sparrows were ejected and their nests appro- priated , amidst much remonstrance and scream- ing ; but , as a rule ...
... hatched ; and , out of a score or more examined , seldom more than one con- tained three eggs . Sometimes I observed that Sparrows were ejected and their nests appro- priated , amidst much remonstrance and scream- ing ; but , as a rule ...
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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