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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... passing through Spain and Portugal , proceeds down the west coast of Africa to Senegal , Gambia , and Fantee . The Whinchat differs a good deal in its habits from the Wheatear , and on this account , as well as on account of certain ...
... passing through Spain and Portugal , proceeds down the west coast of Africa to Senegal , Gambia , and Fantee . The Whinchat differs a good deal in its habits from the Wheatear , and on this account , as well as on account of certain ...
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... passes the winter , the males then retaining their black cap : It fre- quents groves , gardens , hedges , single trees , and even low bushes on the plains ; is very active and restless , incessantly moving about from branch to branch ...
... passes the winter , the males then retaining their black cap : It fre- quents groves , gardens , hedges , single trees , and even low bushes on the plains ; is very active and restless , incessantly moving about from branch to branch ...
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... 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 wing , THE REDSTART . 77.
... 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 wing , THE REDSTART . 77.
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... passing by way of Sicily and the Maltese Islands to Egypt . Mr. Salvin found it abundant in the Marsh of Zana , and Mr. Tyrwhitt Drake met with it in Tangier and Eastern Morocco . 91 O THE AQUATIC WARBLER . ( Salicaria aquatica . 90 OUR ...
... passing by way of Sicily and the Maltese Islands to Egypt . Mr. Salvin found it abundant in the Marsh of Zana , and Mr. Tyrwhitt Drake met with it in Tangier and Eastern Morocco . 91 O THE AQUATIC WARBLER . ( Salicaria aquatica . 90 OUR ...
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... passing across and at times even alighting on board the vessel for a short rest . On quitting the ship they would fly round and round for some seconds with their peculiar undulatory flight ,. ( Motacilla Yarrelli . ) ( Motacilla ...
... passing across and at times even alighting on board the vessel for a short rest . On quitting the ship they would fly round and round for some seconds with their peculiar undulatory flight ,. ( Motacilla Yarrelli . ) ( Motacilla ...
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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