Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer in the British IslandsBickers, 1877 - 336 páginas |
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... appearance in England long before the leaves have given signs of approaching summer . As I have already pointed out the means of distinguishing this little bird from its congeners , and have referred to its nest and eggs , it will ...
... appearance in England long before the leaves have given signs of approaching summer . As I have already pointed out the means of distinguishing this little bird from its congeners , and have referred to its nest and eggs , it will ...
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... appearance , and seems to be hardier also than any of his congeners . Many instances are on record of Blackcaps having remained in this country throughout the winter , and this has been noticed as particularly the case in Ireland . It ...
... appearance , and seems to be hardier also than any of his congeners . Many instances are on record of Blackcaps having remained in this country throughout the winter , and this has been noticed as particularly the case in Ireland . It ...
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... appearance . It differs , however , in having the bill shining black instead of horn colour , the under parts white instead of grey , the legs brown instead of slate colour , and the outer tail feathers margined with white instead of ...
... appearance . It differs , however , in having the bill shining black instead of horn colour , the under parts white instead of grey , the legs brown instead of slate colour , and the outer tail feathers margined with white instead of ...
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... sexes are alike in outward appearance ; but it has been ascertained , by careful observers who have dis- sected the birds , that the males invariably arrive in. ( Sylvia hortensis . ) ( Sylvia cinerea . ) The Garden Warbler.
... sexes are alike in outward appearance ; but it has been ascertained , by careful observers who have dis- sected the birds , that the males invariably arrive in. ( Sylvia hortensis . ) ( Sylvia cinerea . ) The Garden Warbler.
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... appearance which the erected crest , feathers , and distended throat impart when singing , render this bird one of the most interesting of our warblers . It seems to prefer the tallest and thickest hedgerows , where there are plenty of ...
... appearance which the erected crest , feathers , and distended throat impart when singing , render this bird one of the most interesting of our warblers . It seems to prefer the tallest and thickest hedgerows , where there are plenty 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 - 1875 |
Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1889 |
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amongst Anthus appearance April arrival Blackcap Blyth breed British Birds British Islands Canon Tristram Chiff-chaff claw coast colour common Corncrake Cuckoo edition eggs Egypt England Europe feathers frequently Garden Warbler Gibraltar Grasshopper Warbler habits hatched haunts Hist hole Hoopoe Howard Saunders hybernation Ibis India insects instance Ireland June Landrail Lapland Lesser Whitethroat Lord Lilford male Malta Meadow Pipit Mediterranean migration month naturalists neighbourhood Nightingale Nightjar Norfolk North Africa noticed observed occasionally occurrence Orioles Ornithology Palestine plumage procured Professor Newton rare Red-backed Shrike Redstart Reed Warbler Reed Wren's remarked Rock Pipit Salvin Sand Martin says Scotland season Sedge Warbler seen September Shetland shot song southward species specimens Spotted Flycatcher spring and autumn summer migrants Sussex Swallow Swift tail throughout tion Titlark's nest Tree Pipit Wagtail Wheatear Whinchat Whitethroat Willow Wren wind wing Wood Wryneck Yarrell Yellow Wagtail young Cuckoo Zoologist
Passagens conhecidas
Página 38 - Every thing did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone : She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity : 'Fie, fie, fie...
Página 334 - I do not know in what district of England Turner first or % 3g. IK peculiar manifestalongest studied, but the scenery whose influence I can trace most i»n in Turner, definitely throughout his works, varied as they are, is that of Yorkshire. Of all his drawings, I think, those of the Yorkshire series have the most heart in them, the most affectionate, simple, unwearied, serious finishing of truth. There is in them little seeking after effect, but a strong love of place; little exhibition of the artist's...
Página 235 - ... the Pipit from its back on to the edge. It then stood quite upright on its legs, which were straddled wide apart, with the claws firmly fixed half-way down the inside of the nest among the interlacing fibres of which the nest was woven; and, stretching its wings apart and backwards, it elbowed the pipit fairly over the margin so far that its struggles took it down the bank instead of back into the nest.
Página 229 - ... its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest. It remained in this situation a short time, feeling about with the extremities of its wings, as if to be convinced whether the business was properly executed, and then dropped into the nest again.
Página 229 - ... of the nest till it reached the top, where, resting for a moment, it threw off its load with a jerk, and quite disengaged it from the nest.
Página 334 - Ita peculiar . , ... , , . . manifestation in of the Yorkshire series have the most heart in them, the most affectionate, simple, unwearied, serious finishing of truth. There is in them little seeking after effect, but a strong love of place, little...
Página 236 - Pipits had welldeveloped quills on the wings and back, and had bright eyes, partially open ; yet they seemed quite helpless under the manipulations of the Cuckoo, which looked a much less developed creature. The Cuckoo's legs, however, seemed very muscular ; and it appeared to feel about with its wings, which were absolutely featherless, as with hands, the ' spurious wing' (unusually large in proportion), looking like a spread-out thumb.
Página 237 - ... spurious wing' (unusually large in proportion) looking like a spread-out thumb. The most singular thing of all was the direct purpose with which the blind little monster made for the open side of the nest, the only part where it could throw its burthen down the bank. I think all the spectators felt the sort of horror and awe at the apparent inadequacy of the creature's intelligence to its acts that one might have felt at seeing a toothless hag raise a ghost by an incantation. It was horribly...