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The Landrail, which he noted as " a bird so rare in this district that we seldom see
more than one or two in a season, and those only in autumn," is now so plentiful
in the same neighbourhood that I have shot as many as half a dozen in one day ...
The Landrail, which he noted as " a bird so rare in this district that we seldom see
more than one or two in a season, and those only in autumn," is now so plentiful
in the same neighbourhood that I have shot as many as half a dozen in one day ...
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Since this note was published, the Wood Wren has actually been obtained in
Ireland, a specimen having been shot in the county of Fermanagh by Sir Victor
Brooke, and preserved by him in June, 1870. Another was obtained the same
year at ...
Since this note was published, the Wood Wren has actually been obtained in
Ireland, a specimen having been shot in the county of Fermanagh by Sir Victor
Brooke, and preserved by him in June, 1870. Another was obtained the same
year at ...
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Varieties in this group of birds are rarely met with, and it may therefore be worth
notice that in May, 1861, a primrose-coloured Willow Wren was shot at Witley
Park, in the parish of Witley, Surrey, and forwarded for inspection to the editor of ...
Varieties in this group of birds are rarely met with, and it may therefore be worth
notice that in May, 1861, a primrose-coloured Willow Wren was shot at Witley
Park, in the parish of Witley, Surrey, and forwarded for inspection to the editor of ...
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A second British example of this species was shot at Dunsinea, county Dublin, in
June, 1856, and is now in the Royal Dublin Society's Museum.2 In size it equals
the Wood Warbler, and resembles it somewhat in colour, but it has a shorter ...
A second British example of this species was shot at Dunsinea, county Dublin, in
June, 1856, and is now in the Royal Dublin Society's Museum.2 In size it equals
the Wood Warbler, and resembles it somewhat in colour, but it has a shorter ...
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So long ago as July, 1848, a pair of this species were observed in a small
plantation near We- therby, and the hen bird was shot and forwarded to Sir
William Milner, who informed Mr. Yarrell of the fact. On this single instance it was
included by ...
So long ago as July, 1848, a pair of this species were observed in a small
plantation near We- therby, and the hen bird was shot and forwarded to Sir
William Milner, who informed Mr. Yarrell of the fact. On this single instance it was
included by ...
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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 - 1875 |
Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1889 |
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Página 38 - Every thing did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone : She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity : 'Fie, fie, fie...
Página 334 - I do not know in what district of England Turner first or % 3g. IK peculiar manifestalongest studied, but the scenery whose influence I can trace most i»n in Turner, definitely throughout his works, varied as they are, is that of Yorkshire. Of all his drawings, I think, those of the Yorkshire series have the most heart in them, the most affectionate, simple, unwearied, serious finishing of truth. There is in them little seeking after effect, but a strong love of place; little exhibition of the artist's...
Página 237 - ... the Pipit from its back on to the edge. It then stood quite upright on its legs, which were straddled wide apart, with the claws firmly fixed half-way 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.
Página 231 - ... its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again.
Página 231 - ... of the nest till it reached the top, where, resting for a moment, it threw off its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest.
Página 334 - Ita peculiar . , ... , , . . manifestation in of the Yorkshire series have the most heart in them, the most affectionate, simple, unwearied, serious finishing of truth. There is in them little seeking after effect, but a strong love of place, little...
Página 238 - Pipits had welldeveloped quills on the wings and back, and had bright eyes, partially open ; yet they seemed quite helpless under the manipulations of the Cuckoo, which looked a much less developed creature. The Cuckoo's legs, however, seemed very muscular ; and it appeared to feel about with its wings, which were absolutely featherless, as with hands, the ' spurious wing' (unusually large in proportion), looking like a spread-out thumb.
Página 239 - ... spurious wing' (unusually large in proportion) looking like a spread-out thumb. The most singular thing of all was the direct purpose with which the blind little monster made for the open side of the nest, the only part where it could throw its burthen down the bank. I think all the spectators felt the sort of horror and awe at the apparent inadequacy of the creature's intelligence to its acts that one might have felt at seeing a toothless hag raise a ghost by an incantation. It was horribly...