Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural HistoryWest, Newman, 1874 |
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... nearly rubbed out . Uria Brunnichi , Sabine ( Brunnich's Guillemot ) .- No wild bird can well be more indifferent than the loom to the presence of man . You have only to shout at them when they are fishing , and make as much noise as ...
... nearly rubbed out . Uria Brunnichi , Sabine ( Brunnich's Guillemot ) .- No wild bird can well be more indifferent than the loom to the presence of man . You have only to shout at them when they are fishing , and make as much noise as ...
Página 3848
... Nearly all the Sea - Anemones . 2. Most of the Echinodermata . 3. A large number of Annelids . 4. Many Crustacea . 5. Some of the Tunicata . 6. Nearly all shelled Mollusca , both univalves and bivalves , and some of the Nudibranchiata ...
... Nearly all the Sea - Anemones . 2. Most of the Echinodermata . 3. A large number of Annelids . 4. Many Crustacea . 5. Some of the Tunicata . 6. Nearly all shelled Mollusca , both univalves and bivalves , and some of the Nudibranchiata ...
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... nearly dry , yet alive and well . Oysters and clams even come to Britain alive from America . Sea - anemones and many other aquatic creatures , including small carp and tench , are frequently sent by post , in moist packing , alive . If ...
... nearly dry , yet alive and well . Oysters and clams even come to Britain alive from America . Sea - anemones and many other aquatic creatures , including small carp and tench , are frequently sent by post , in moist packing , alive . If ...
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... nearly equal size . They are very fond of alighting on fields of newly - sown grain , and with this brown background are very conspicuous , as each bird invariably chooses the top of a clod as a perch . They very rarely perch on bushes ...
... nearly equal size . They are very fond of alighting on fields of newly - sown grain , and with this brown background are very conspicuous , as each bird invariably chooses the top of a clod as a perch . They very rarely perch on bushes ...
Página 3862
... NOVEMBER , 1873 . Snow Bunting . - When staying at Lowestoft between the 10th and 23rd I found a large flock of these birds nearly every morning on the Pakefield Cliffs , feeding on the stubble and 3862 THE ZOOLOGIST - FEBRUARY , 1874 .
... NOVEMBER , 1873 . Snow Bunting . - When staying at Lowestoft between the 10th and 23rd I found a large flock of these birds nearly every morning on the Pakefield Cliffs , feeding on the stubble and 3862 THE ZOOLOGIST - FEBRUARY , 1874 .
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amongst animals appearance April aquarium beak black redstart blackcap breeding British brown bush carrion crow close coast colour common common buzzard communication was read containing cuckoo dotterel ducks dunlins EDWARD NEWMAN eggs Entomologist exhibited feathers feeding feet female fieldfares fish flew flight flock flying frequently garden genus gray ground gulls habits head heard hole hooded crow inches insect island killed kiwi large number larvæ lesser redpoll living male mandible morning Museum naturalist neighbourhood nest never noticed observed obtained old birds Ornithological Notes pair paper peculiar pigeons plovers plumage present remarks Saxby season SECOND SERIES-VOL seems seen Shetland shot side sky lark snow buntings Society song sparrow species specimen spot spring summer surface swallow tail thrush to-day trees warbler whilst White's thrush wing winter wood Yarrell young birds Zool Zoologist
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Página 4028 - A thousand horse, and none to ride ! With flowing tail, and flying mane, Wide nostrils never...
Página 3883 - Sixth annual report of the United States geological survey of the Territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah, being a report of progress of the explorations for the year 1872, by F. V.
Página 3970 - ... the bank, about ten inches from the margin of the nest, but quite lively after being warmed in the hand. They were replaced in the nest beside the cuckoo, which struggled about till it got its back under one of them, when it climbed backwards directly up the open side of the nest, and hitched the pipit from its back on to the edge.
Página 3933 - I made his acquaintance and saw the happy sense of security with which he hopped about. I took a few specimens home with me, and tried my fowls and ducks with them, but none would touch them. At last, by throwing down pieces of meat, for which there was a great competition among them, I managed to entice a young duck into snatching up one of the little frogs.
Página 3971 - It then stood quite upright on its legs, which were straddled wide apart, with the claws firmly fixed halfway down the inside of the nest, among the interlacing fibres of which the nest was woven ; and, stretching its wings apart and backwards, it elbowed the Pipit fairly over the margin so far that its struggles took it down the bank instead of back into the nest. " After this the Cuckoo stood a minute or two, feeling back with its wings, as if to make sure that the Pipit was fairly overboard, and...
Página 4028 - They stop, they start, they snuff the air, Gallop a moment here and there, Approach, retire, wheel round and round. Then plunging back with sudden bound, Headed by one black mighty steed, Who seem'd the patriarch of his breed, Without a single speck or hair Of white upon his shaggy hide; They snort, they foam, neigh, swerve aside, And backward to the forest fly, By instinct, from a human eye.
Página 4265 - So far as I am aware, no attempt has yet been made to divine the construction of the psychic instrument by means of such dissection.
Página 3840 - LATHAM, Esq., President of the Section, in the Chair. This being the first meeting of the session, the President delivered an address reviewing the past proceeding of the Section, and referring with satisfaction to the proposal to extend its objects to subjects of natural history generally. Mr. Sidebotham read
Página 3933 - He cannot be mistaken for any other, and his naming vest and blue stockings show that he does not court concealment. He is very abundant in the damp woods, and I was convinced he was uneatable so soon as I made his acquaintance and saw the happy sense of security with which he hopped about. I took...
Página 3892 - Ophiacantha, but almost constant, sometimes flashing out at one point more brightly and then dying gradually into comparative dimness, but always sufficiently bright to make every portion of a stem caught in the tangles or sticking to the ropes distinctly visible.