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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... species , the haunts which they select , and the wonderful diversity which they exhibit in their actions , nidification , and song . There is something almost mysterious in the way in which numbers of these small and deli- cately formed ...
... species , the haunts which they select , and the wonderful diversity which they exhibit in their actions , nidification , and song . There is something almost mysterious in the way in which numbers of these small and deli- cately formed ...
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... species near Edinburgh on the 28th of February , we may infer that a few , as in England , occasionally remain throughout the year . The number of Wheatears which used to be taken years ago upon the South Downs in autumn was a matter of ...
... species near Edinburgh on the 28th of February , we may infer that a few , as in England , occasionally remain throughout the year . The number of Wheatears which used to be taken years ago upon the South Downs in autumn was a matter of ...
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... 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 become pure white . In this species , therefore , it is THE WHEATEAR . 7.
... 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 become pure white . In this species , therefore , it is THE WHEATEAR . 7.
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... 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 of England the Whinchat is sometimes ...
... 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 of England the Whinchat is sometimes ...
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... species , 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 ...
... species , 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 ...
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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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