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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... resembles it somewhat in colour , but it has a shorter wing ( 2.75 in . instead of 3 in . ) ; the whole of the under parts are sulphur - yellow , and the legs and toes are slate colour . These cha- racters may serve to distinguish it at ...
... resembles it somewhat in colour , but it has a shorter wing ( 2.75 in . instead of 3 in . ) ; the whole of the under parts are sulphur - yellow , and the legs and toes are slate colour . These cha- racters may serve to distinguish it at ...
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... resembles our Lesser Whitethroat , excepting in being as large as our Common Whitethroat . The latter bird has lately turned up in the north - west of India ; and the British Lesser Whitethroat is the only one of the group which extends ...
... resembles our Lesser Whitethroat , excepting in being as large as our Common Whitethroat . The latter bird has lately turned up in the north - west of India ; and the British Lesser Whitethroat is the only one of the group which extends ...
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... resembles other members of the genus . Shy and restless , it differs from the Blackcap in its inferior powers of song , and from the White- throats in being less garrulous . It is neverthe- less a beautiful songster , and will sometimes ...
... resembles other members of the genus . Shy and restless , it differs from the Blackcap in its inferior powers of song , and from the White- throats in being less garrulous . It is neverthe- less a beautiful songster , and will sometimes ...
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... resembles the Sedge Warbler in size and gene- ral appearance , but , in addition to the light stripe over each eye , it differs in having a light stripe down the centre of the forehead ; this , being very distinct , furnishes a good ...
... resembles the Sedge Warbler in size and gene- ral appearance , but , in addition to the light stripe over each eye , it differs in having a light stripe down the centre of the forehead ; this , being very distinct , furnishes a good ...
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... resembles the com- IN mon Reed Warbler , just as the Aquatic Warbler resembles the Sedge - bird . It is one of the plain - backed species , and similarity in appearance as well as in habits causes it doubt- 1 " Ibis , " 1860 , p . 232 ...
... resembles the com- IN mon Reed Warbler , just as the Aquatic Warbler resembles the Sedge - bird . It is one of the plain - backed species , and similarity in appearance as well as in habits causes it doubt- 1 " Ibis , " 1860 , p . 232 ...
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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