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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... once should it again be met with by ornithologists in England . Should its song be heard , all doubts would at once be set at rest , for as a warbler it is far superior to any of the three species just mentioned . I have had many ...
... once should it again be met with by ornithologists in England . Should its song be heard , all doubts would at once be set at rest , for as a warbler it is far superior to any of the three species just mentioned . I have had many ...
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... once as the prey of the profes- sional bird - catcher , and during the month of April immense numbers are taken daily . The Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat are also sought after as cage - birds , but not to. The Blackcap CONTENTS.
... once as the prey of the profes- sional bird - catcher , and during the month of April immense numbers are taken daily . The Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat are also sought after as cage - birds , but not to. The Blackcap CONTENTS.
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... once at least , in the north of Ire- land , " as if he were of opinion that its occurrence there were doubtful , or at least extremely rare . Mr. Thompson , in his excellent " Natural His- tory of Ireland ” ( vol . i . p . 183 ) ...
... once at least , in the north of Ire- land , " as if he were of opinion that its occurrence there were doubtful , or at least extremely rare . Mr. Thompson , in his excellent " Natural His- tory of Ireland ” ( vol . i . p . 183 ) ...
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... once from other small birds frequenting the same haunts . The males invariably arrive some days before the females ; but both sexes seem to leave the country much about the same time - that is , early in September . The nests of all the ...
... once from other small birds frequenting the same haunts . The males invariably arrive some days before the females ; but both sexes seem to leave the country much about the same time - that is , early in September . The nests of all the ...
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... once been met with near Penzance ; and that in the autumn of 1849 several speci- 1 See " List of British Birds , as a Guide to the Ornithology of Cornwall , " 2nd edition , 1869 , p . 15 . mens were obtained from Scilly . Dr. Bullmore ...
... once been met with near Penzance ; and that in the autumn of 1849 several speci- 1 See " List of British Birds , as a Guide to the Ornithology of Cornwall , " 2nd edition , 1869 , p . 15 . mens were obtained from Scilly . Dr. Bullmore ...
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Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1877 |
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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