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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... wing . The contrast between the spring and autumn plumage of this bird is very remarkable . If an old bird be examined in September , it will be found that the white superciliary streak has almost dis- appeared ; the colour of the upper ...
... wing . The contrast between the spring and autumn plumage of this bird is very remarkable . If an old bird be examined in September , it will be found that the white superciliary streak has almost dis- appeared ; the colour of the upper ...
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... Wing . Tarsus . 30 in .. 07 in . • • 2'6 " , 0'7 " Chiff - chaff . · · • 4.7 99 • 2'4 " , 0'6 " " Not only is the Wood Warbler the largest of the three , but it has comparatively the longest wings and the longest legs . The wings , when ...
... Wing . Tarsus . 30 in .. 07 in . • • 2'6 " , 0'7 " Chiff - chaff . · · • 4.7 99 • 2'4 " , 0'6 " " Not only is the Wood Warbler the largest of the three , but it has comparatively the longest wings and the longest legs . The wings , when ...
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... wing in these three birds . Mr. Blake - Knox , in " The Zoologist for 1866 , p . 300 , has pointed to the second ... wings , the following formulæ may be relied on : Wood Warbler , 2nd - 4th ; 3rd and 4th with 1 Mr. Blake - Knox ...
... wing in these three birds . Mr. Blake - Knox , in " The Zoologist for 1866 , p . 300 , has pointed to the second ... wings , the following formulæ may be relied on : Wood Warbler , 2nd - 4th ; 3rd and 4th with 1 Mr. Blake - Knox ...
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... 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 once should it again be met with by ornithologists in ...
... 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 once should it again be met with by ornithologists in ...
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... and by a quarter of an inch in length of wing , the male having the black crown which characterizes 1 Cf. " Handbook of British Birds , " p . 106 . our well - known songster , and resembling it generally 52 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
... and by a quarter of an inch in length of wing , the male having the black crown which characterizes 1 Cf. " Handbook of British Birds , " p . 106 . our well - known songster , and resembling it generally 52 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
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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