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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... spring and autumn plumage of this bird is very remarkable . If an old bird be examined in September , it will be found that the white superciliary streak has almost dis- appeared ; the colour of the upper parts has become reddish brown ...
... spring and autumn plumage of this bird is very remarkable . If an old bird be examined in September , it will be found that the white superciliary streak has almost dis- appeared ; the colour of the upper parts has become reddish brown ...
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... winter plumage , of the Stonechat — a species which is known to reside with us throughout the year , yet receiving a large accession to its numbers in spring , and undergoing corresponding decrease in autumn . In the southern counties ...
... winter plumage , of the Stonechat — a species which is known to reside with us throughout the year , yet receiving a large accession to its numbers in spring , and undergoing corresponding decrease in autumn . In the southern counties ...
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... autumn approaches it moves southwards towards the Mediterranean , and spends the winter months in North Africa ... spring . The late Mr. Blyth , however , was of a dif- ferent opinion . Criticizing the above remarks , he wrote : - " The ...
... autumn approaches it moves southwards towards the Mediterranean , and spends the winter months in North Africa ... spring . The late Mr. Blyth , however , was of a dif- ferent opinion . Criticizing the above remarks , he wrote : - " The ...
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... spring and autumn . Mr. God- man , in his interesting work on the " Natural History of the Azores , " has described a curious variety of the Blackcap which is found in these islands , " having the black marking on the head extending to ...
... spring and autumn . Mr. God- man , in his interesting work on the " Natural History of the Azores , " has described a curious variety of the Blackcap which is found in these islands , " having the black marking on the head extending to ...
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... summer visitant , arriving in May and leaving in August . In all the countries bordering the Mediterranean it appears to be well known . Mr. Saunders informs me that it is common in Spain in spring and autumn ; and Mr. Wright ...
... summer visitant , arriving in May and leaving in August . In all the countries bordering the Mediterranean it appears to be well known . Mr. Saunders informs me that it is common in Spain in spring and autumn ; and Mr. Wright ...
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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