Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer in the British IslandsSwan Sonnenschein and Company, 1889 - 336 páginas |
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... southern counties of England the Whinchat is sometimes very numerous , and may be found in every meadow perched upon the tall grass stems or dockweed . stems or dockweed . The abundance or scarcity of this species , however , varies con ...
... southern counties of England the Whinchat is sometimes very numerous , and may be found in every meadow perched upon the tall grass stems or dockweed . stems or dockweed . The abundance or scarcity of this species , however , varies con ...
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... southern portions of the continent , and in Norway and Sweden is unknown . The Whinchat , on the other hand , breeds in these countries , and has been met with as far north as Archangel . In winter the male Stonechat loses the black ...
... southern portions of the continent , and in Norway and Sweden is unknown . The Whinchat , on the other hand , breeds in these countries , and has been met with as far north as Archangel . In winter the male Stonechat loses the black ...
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... southern Europe , to account for the apparently undiminished forces which reap- pear in the succeeding spring . The late Mr. Blyth , however , was of a dif- ferent opinion . Criticizing the above remarks , he wrote : - " " The only ...
... southern Europe , to account for the apparently undiminished forces which reap- pear in the succeeding spring . The late Mr. Blyth , however , was of a dif- ferent opinion . Criticizing the above remarks , he wrote : - " " The only ...
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... southern hemi- sphere instead of that of the northern hemi- sphere ; but there is no reason to suppose that they are the same individuals . Were it so , the Cape colony would indeed be flooded with Hirundo rustica . 42 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
... southern hemi- sphere instead of that of the northern hemi- sphere ; but there is no reason to suppose that they are the same individuals . Were it so , the Cape colony would indeed be flooded with Hirundo rustica . 42 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
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... Southern Italy . In the fine col- iection of African birds ( Passeres and Picaria ) belonging to Mr. R. B. Sharpe , I have seen a specimen of the Blackcap from Senegal . In Spain and Portugal it is found only on the migration in spring ...
... Southern Italy . In the fine col- iection of African birds ( Passeres and Picaria ) belonging to Mr. R. B. Sharpe , I have seen a specimen of the Blackcap from Senegal . In Spain and Portugal it is found only on the migration in spring ...
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Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1875 |
Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1877 |
Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1875 |
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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 Swallow Swift tail throughout tion Tree Pipit trees Wheatear Whinchat Willow Warbler Willow Wren wind wing winter quarters Wood Warbler Yarrell Yellow Wagtail Zoologist