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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... insects , after the manner of a Flycatcher . It derives its name , of course , from the fact of its being found upon the whin , or furze , a favourite perch also for its congener the Stone- chat . The derivation of the word whin I have ...
... insects , after the manner of a Flycatcher . It derives its name , of course , from the fact of its being found upon the whin , or furze , a favourite perch also for its congener the Stone- chat . The derivation of the word whin I have ...
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... insects which infest fruit trees - in which they unquestionably do us good service — they intro- duce their progeny at length to the more palat- able pulp upon which they themselves have been faring so sumptuously . No wonder , then ...
... insects which infest fruit trees - in which they unquestionably do us good service — they intro- duce their progeny at length to the more palat- able pulp upon which they themselves have been faring so sumptuously . No wonder , then ...
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... , and feeding on various insects , grubs , and caterpil- lars , and also on flower buds . It is sometimes seen alone , at other times two or three together . ' Undoubtedly it must needs feed also on soft fruits . 56 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
... , and feeding on various insects , grubs , and caterpil- lars , and also on flower buds . It is sometimes seen alone , at other times two or three together . ' Undoubtedly it must needs feed also on soft fruits . 56 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
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... it resembles the Willow Wren , for it seems constantly in motion , hopping from bough 1 66 Ibis , " 1864 , p . 67 . 2 " Ibis , " 1860 , p . 231 . F to bough in search of insects , and singing at THE GARDEN WARBLER . 65.
... it resembles the Willow Wren , for it seems constantly in motion , hopping from bough 1 66 Ibis , " 1864 , p . 67 . 2 " Ibis , " 1860 , p . 231 . F to bough in search of insects , and singing at THE GARDEN WARBLER . 65.
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... insects , and singing at in- tervals . It is very partial to fruit of all kinds , but at the same time destroys vast numbers of caterpillars , spiders , and aphides . Much against my inclination I have shot a few Garden War- blers in ...
... insects , and singing at in- tervals . It is very partial to fruit of all kinds , but at the same time destroys vast numbers of caterpillars , spiders , and aphides . Much against my inclination I have shot a few Garden War- blers in ...
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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 |
Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1889 |
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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