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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... habits of birds , there is not a more entertaining occupation than that of noting the earliest arrival of the migratory species , the haunts which they select , and the wonderful diversity which they exhibit in their actions ...
... habits of birds , there is not a more entertaining occupation than that of noting the earliest arrival of the migratory species , the haunts which they select , and the wonderful diversity which they exhibit in their actions ...
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... habits , and will suffer a much nearer approach . The name Wheatear may have been derived either from the season of its arrival , or from its being taken in great numbers for the table at wheat harvest . Or , again , it may be a corrup ...
... habits , and will suffer a much nearer approach . The name Wheatear may have been derived either from the season of its arrival , or from its being taken in great numbers for the table at wheat harvest . Or , again , it may be a corrup ...
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... habits of birds have been remarked . For example , the Haw- finch , which he referred to as " rarely seen in England , and only in winter , " is now found to be resident throughout the year , and nesting even in the proximity of London ...
... habits of birds have been remarked . For example , the Haw- finch , which he referred to as " rarely seen in England , and only in winter , " is now found to be resident throughout the year , and nesting even in the proximity of London ...
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... habits , seldom perch- ing on trees , although often to be seen on gate- posts and rails , where a broader footing is afforded it . Its song is rather sprightly , and is occasionally uttered on the wing . The contrast between the spring ...
... habits , seldom perch- ing on trees , although often to be seen on gate- posts and rails , where a broader footing is afforded it . Its song is rather sprightly , and is occasionally uttered on the wing . The contrast between the spring ...
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... a good deal in its habits from the Wheatear , and on this account , as well as on account of certain differences of structure , it has been placed with the Stone- chat and other allied species in a separate genus ( THE WHINCHAT . I I.
... a good deal in its habits from the Wheatear , and on this account , as well as on account of certain differences of structure , it has been placed with the Stone- chat and other allied species in a separate genus ( THE WHINCHAT . I I.
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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