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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... feathers . Now , the Willow Wren invariably makes use of feathers for this purpose , but the Wood Warbler does not . The nest of the latter is composed entirely of dry grass and leaves , occasionally mixed with a little moss ; and ...
... feathers . Now , the Willow Wren invariably makes use of feathers for this purpose , but the Wood Warbler does not . The nest of the latter is composed entirely of dry grass and leaves , occasionally mixed with a little moss ; and ...
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... feathers , the eggs of the former being white spotted with red ; while those of the latter are white spotted with purple , chiefly at the larger end . Varieties in this group of birds are rarely met with , and it may therefore be worth ...
... feathers , the eggs of the former being white spotted with red ; while those of the latter are white spotted with purple , chiefly at the larger end . Varieties in this group of birds are rarely met with , and it may therefore be worth ...
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... feathers of the upper portions of the plumage tipped with buff colour . In some respects the Nightingale assi- milates very much in habits to the Robin ; and advantage has been taken of this in localities where the Nightingale is ...
... feathers of the upper portions of the plumage tipped with buff colour . In some respects the Nightingale assi- milates very much in habits to the Robin ; and advantage has been taken of this in localities where the Nightingale is ...
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... feathers margined with white instead of being uniformly grey . In habits and mode of life it assimilates , as might be expected , very much to the species with which we are so familiar . Those who have seen the nest , state that it is ...
... feathers margined with white instead of being uniformly grey . In habits and mode of life it assimilates , as might be expected , very much to the species with which we are so familiar . Those who have seen the nest , state that it is ...
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... feathers erect and half - extended wings , it bustles in and out , gesticulating loudly , and seems to live in a perpetual state of excitement . The country lads call it the " Nettle Creeper ,. AR from leading a retired life like the ...
... feathers erect and half - extended wings , it bustles in and out , gesticulating loudly , and seems to live in a perpetual state of excitement . The country lads call it the " Nettle Creeper ,. AR from leading a retired life like the ...
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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