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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... - backed species , and similarity in appearance as well as in habits causes it doubt- 1 " Ibis , " 1860 , p . 232 . 2 " Ibis , " 1867 , p . 426 . less to be overlooked or mistaken for the commoner bird 92 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
... - backed species , and similarity in appearance as well as in habits causes it doubt- 1 " Ibis , " 1860 , p . 232 . 2 " Ibis , " 1867 , p . 426 . less to be overlooked or mistaken for the commoner bird 92 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS .
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... doubt been overlooked ; but when its distin- guishing characters have been duly noted it will in all probability be found to be a regular summer migrant to this country . Dr. Bree , when treating of this species in his " Birds of Europe ...
... doubt been overlooked ; but when its distin- guishing characters have been duly noted it will in all probability be found to be a regular summer migrant to this country . Dr. Bree , when treating of this species in his " Birds of Europe ...
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... doubt belonged to palustris . In Badeker's work on the eggs of European birds , it is stated that the Marsh Warbler " builds in bushes , in meadows , and on the banks of ditches , rivers , ponds , and lakes . The nest is made of dry ...
... doubt belonged to palustris . In Badeker's work on the eggs of European birds , it is stated that the Marsh Warbler " builds in bushes , in meadows , and on the banks of ditches , rivers , ponds , and lakes . The nest is made of dry ...
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... doubt that large numbers migrate southward for the winter , and return to our shores again in spring . On several occasions when crossing by steamer to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium , I have seen Pied Wagtails passing across ...
... doubt that large numbers migrate southward for the winter , and return to our shores again in spring . On several occasions when crossing by steamer to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium , I have seen Pied Wagtails passing across ...
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... doubt in the minds of many as to the validity of the so - called species , a doubt which is strengthened by the circumstance that in regard to haunts and habits the two may be said to be insepa- rable . This much , however , seems to be ...
... doubt in the minds of many as to the validity of the so - called species , a doubt which is strengthened by the circumstance that in regard to haunts and habits the two may be said to be insepa- rable . This much , however , seems to be ...
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Our Summer Migrants: An Account of the Migratory Birds which Pass the Summer ... James Edmund Harting Visualização integral - 1875 |
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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