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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... tion does not set in before this , and that the birds met with previously are such as have wintered in this country ; for it has been well ascertained that the Wheatear , like the B 615 Stonechat , occasionally remains with . us ...
... tion does not set in before this , and that the birds met with previously are such as have wintered in this country ; for it has been well ascertained that the Wheatear , like the B 615 Stonechat , occasionally remains with . us ...
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... tion of whitear , from the white ear which is very conspicuous in the spring plumage of this bird . Many instances are on record of Wheatears having come on board vessels several miles from land at the period of migration , and from the ...
... tion of whitear , from the white ear which is very conspicuous in the spring plumage of this bird . Many instances are on record of Wheatears having come on board vessels several miles from land at the period of migration , and from the ...
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... tion are almost entirely insectivorous ; 1 they are also more strictly arboreal in their habits , 1 Dr. Bree states that he has occasionally observed the Willow Wren taking currants from his trees . and as regards the character of their ...
... tion are almost entirely insectivorous ; 1 they are also more strictly arboreal in their habits , 1 Dr. Bree states that he has occasionally observed the Willow Wren taking currants from his trees . and as regards the character of their ...
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... tion of this bird we have yet a good deal to learn . It does not appear to range very far northwards , but is observed annually in summer in Southern Europe , passing by way of Sicily and the Maltese Islands to Egypt . Mr. Salvin found ...
... tion of this bird we have yet a good deal to learn . It does not appear to range very far northwards , but is observed annually in summer in Southern Europe , passing by way of Sicily and the Maltese Islands to Egypt . Mr. Salvin found ...
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... which work the reader may be referred for 1 Cf. Newton , P. Z. S. , 1866 , p . 210 . 2 " Ibis , " 1867 , p . 468 . 3 Cf. J. H. Gurney , jun . , " Zoologist , " 1871 , p . 2521 . further information and a more detailed descrip- tion . I.
... which work the reader may be referred for 1 Cf. Newton , P. Z. S. , 1866 , p . 210 . 2 " Ibis , " 1867 , p . 468 . 3 Cf. J. H. Gurney , jun . , " Zoologist , " 1871 , p . 2521 . further information and a more detailed descrip- tion . I.
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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