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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... 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 - 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