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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... Flycatcher The Pied Flycatcher The Swallow The Martin The Sand Martin The Common Swift The Alpine Swift The Nightjar The Cuckoo The Wryneck The Hoopoe . . 135 138 142 146 149 152 155 160 170 184 · 187 191 199 204 · 219 242 249 The ...
... Flycatcher The Pied Flycatcher The Swallow The Martin The Sand Martin The Common Swift The Alpine Swift The Nightjar The Cuckoo The Wryneck The Hoopoe . . 135 138 142 146 149 152 155 160 170 184 · 187 191 199 204 · 219 242 249 The ...
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... Flycatcher . It derives its name , of course , from the fact of its being found upon the whin , or furze , a favourite perch also for its congener the Stone- chat . The derivation of the word whin I have never been able to ascertain ...
... Flycatcher . It derives its name , of course , from the fact of its being found upon the whin , or furze , a favourite perch also for its congener the Stone- chat . The derivation of the word whin I have never been able to ascertain ...
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... Flycatcher , to secure a passing insect . Its song , though sprightly , is weak and seldom prolonged . It is generally poured forth from some bough or other " coign of vantage , " but is occasionally uttered as the bird hovers on the ...
... Flycatcher , to secure a passing insect . Its song , though sprightly , is weak and seldom prolonged . It is generally poured forth from some bough or other " coign of vantage , " but is occasionally uttered as the bird hovers on the ...
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... from the commoner species . As compared with the Rock Pipit , the largest of those with which we are most familiar , its dimensions are as follows. ( Anthus Richardi . ) HE family of Flycatchers is a very large. Richard's Pipit.
... from the commoner species . As compared with the Rock Pipit , the largest of those with which we are most familiar , its dimensions are as follows. ( Anthus Richardi . ) HE family of Flycatchers is a very large. Richard's Pipit.
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... in this country , and probably its recog- nition as an occasional visitor to the British Islands is only a matter of time and observation . THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER . ( Muscicapa grisola . ) THE 154 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
... in this country , and probably its recog- nition as an occasional visitor to the British Islands is only a matter of time and observation . THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER . ( Muscicapa grisola . ) THE 154 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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