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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... Stone- chat . The derivation of the word whin I have never been able to ascertain . Although the two species are frequently con- founded , the Whinchat may be always distin- guished from the Stonechat by its superciliary white streak ...
... Stone- chat . The derivation of the word whin I have never been able to ascertain . Although the two species are frequently con- founded , the Whinchat may be always distin- guished from the Stonechat by its superciliary white streak ...
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... STONECHAT . S has been already stated , the Stonechat may be found in a few scattered pairs throughout the country all the year round . At the beginning of April , however , a considerable accession to its numbers is observed to take ...
... STONECHAT . S has been already stated , the Stonechat may be found in a few scattered pairs throughout the country all the year round . At the beginning of April , however , a considerable accession to its numbers is observed to take ...
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... Stonechat in this plumage upon a spray of furze in full bloom . In Ireland the Stonechat is considered to be a resident species , and this is attributed by Mr. Thompson to the mild winters of that island . In Scotland , on the contrary ...
... Stonechat in this plumage upon a spray of furze in full bloom . In Ireland the Stonechat is considered to be a resident species , and this is attributed by Mr. Thompson to the mild winters of that island . In Scotland , on the contrary ...
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... Stonechat loses the black head , and the colours in both sexes are much less vivid than in summer . Here again , as with the Wheatear , the change of plumage seems to be effected by a change of colour in the same feathers , and not by a ...
... Stonechat loses the black head , and the colours in both sexes are much less vivid than in summer . Here again , as with the Wheatear , the change of plumage seems to be effected by a change of colour in the same feathers , and not by a ...
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... little spread out , as is the case with those of many other birds of this order , as the Stonechat and Whinchat . " I feel sure , notwithstanding this opinion , that I have frequently observed a horizontal movement THE REDSTART . 75.
... little spread out , as is the case with those of many other birds of this order , as the Stonechat and Whinchat . " I feel sure , notwithstanding this opinion , that I have frequently observed a horizontal movement THE REDSTART . 75.
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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