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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... strepera ) , and the Grasshopper Warbler ( S. locus- tella ) . The others are Savi's Warbler ( S. luscinoides ) , the Aquatic Warbler ( S. aquatica ) , the Marsh Warbler ( S. palustris ) , the Great Reed Warbler ( S. arundinacea ) , and ...
... strepera ) , and the Grasshopper Warbler ( S. locus- tella ) . The others are Savi's Warbler ( S. luscinoides ) , the Aquatic Warbler ( S. aquatica ) , the Marsh Warbler ( S. palustris ) , the Great Reed Warbler ( S. arundinacea ) , and ...
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... strepera suspends its nest between reed stems or twigs , round which a great portion of the nest is woven , and the entire structure is much larger , deeper , and more cup - shaped . The materials are long grasses , flowering reed ...
... strepera suspends its nest between reed stems or twigs , round which a great portion of the nest is woven , and the entire structure is much larger , deeper , and more cup - shaped . The materials are long grasses , flowering reed ...
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... strepera ) ; it was louder , clearer , and sweeter- toned than that of the last - named . Its mode of flight , too , was more undulated and quicker . It was more shy and timid , continually retreat- ing to the thickest covert . Never ...
... strepera ) ; it was louder , clearer , and sweeter- toned than that of the last - named . Its mode of flight , too , was more undulated and quicker . It was more shy and timid , continually retreat- ing to the thickest covert . Never ...
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... strepera , and possibly to be S. palustris . In the summer of 1863 Mr. Mitford had found four pairs of this bird breeding in gardens under similar circumstances , and in July , 1865 , he shot two of the same birds , both males , and ...
... strepera , and possibly to be S. palustris . In the summer of 1863 Mr. Mitford had found four pairs of this bird breeding in gardens under similar circumstances , and in July , 1865 , he shot two of the same birds , both males , and ...
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... strepera . This peculiarity in the Reed Warbler of nesting at a distance from water has since been noticed by naturalists in other parts of the country . In 1866 I referred to a confirmation of the fact as communicated by a friend at ...
... strepera . This peculiarity in the Reed Warbler of nesting at a distance from water has since been noticed by naturalists in other parts of the country . In 1866 I referred to a confirmation of the fact as communicated by a friend at ...
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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