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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... feathers of the back , it will be found that the base of each feather is grey ; and in spring this colour supersedes the brown of winter , which is worn off , and the upper parts assume a beautiful bluish grey , while the under parts ...
... feathers of the back , it will be found that the base of each feather is grey ; and in spring this colour supersedes the brown of winter , which is worn off , and the upper parts assume a beautiful bluish grey , while the under parts ...
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... feather , and not by a moult . The nest of the Wheatear is generally well concealed in the crevice of a cliff or sandbank , or in an old rabbit burrow . Where these con- veniences are not accessible , the nest may be found at the foot ...
... feather , and not by a moult . The nest of the Wheatear is generally well concealed in the crevice of a cliff or sandbank , or in an old rabbit burrow . Where these con- veniences are not accessible , the nest may be found at the foot ...
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... feathers on each side . Both species make a very similar nest , which is placed on the ground and well concealed , and lay very similar eggs , of a bright blue faintly speckled at the large end with rust colour . ལམ་ A THE STONECHAT . S ...
... feathers on each side . Both species make a very similar nest , which is placed on the ground and well concealed , and lay very similar eggs , of a bright blue faintly speckled at the large end with rust colour . ལམ་ A THE STONECHAT . S ...
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... feathers , and not by a moult . Apropos of this subject , the reader may be referred to an article contributed by me to the Natural History columns of " The Field , " 16th September , 1871 , on variation of colour in birds . A THE WOOD ...
... feathers , and not by a moult . Apropos of this subject , the reader may be referred to an article contributed by me to the Natural History columns of " The Field , " 16th September , 1871 , on variation of colour in birds . A THE WOOD ...
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... feather , depicted in a sketch accompany- ing his communication , as being an unfailing mark of distinction . ' When we reflect , how- ever , upon the variation which is found to exist in the length of feathers , owing to the age of the ...
... feather , depicted in a sketch accompany- ing his communication , as being an unfailing mark of distinction . ' When we reflect , how- ever , upon the variation which is found to exist in the length of feathers , owing to the age of the ...
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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