The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland. ...: Rasores and grallatoresW.H. Lizars, ... S. Highley, ... London; and W. Curry, jun. & Company Dublin., 1842 |
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... northern range , and states that it is found in the latitude of Madeira ; in the notes to a small collection of birds given to us by W. T. Carruthers , Esq . , of Dormont , the common Wood Pigeon is stated to have been seen in that ...
... northern range , and states that it is found in the latitude of Madeira ; in the notes to a small collection of birds given to us by W. T. Carruthers , Esq . , of Dormont , the common Wood Pigeon is stated to have been seen in that ...
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... northern counties of England , or in one or two instances in Scotland or Ireland , being only those of stray birds , which , from some cause or other , have exceeded the limit of their migration . We have seen it ourselves in Kent , in ...
... northern counties of England , or in one or two instances in Scotland or Ireland , being only those of stray birds , which , from some cause or other , have exceeded the limit of their migration . We have seen it ourselves in Kent , in ...
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... northern parts of the continent , and it is probable that some of these birds may occasionally wander and be taken on our islands . The Passenger Pigeon is a native of and ranges over nearly the whole of the immense continent of North ...
... northern parts of the continent , and it is probable that some of these birds may occasionally wander and be taken on our islands . The Passenger Pigeon is a native of and ranges over nearly the whole of the immense continent of North ...
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... Northern Europe and Ame- rica , though a very near example of the general shape and appearance may be seen in the female of our black cock , the greatly developed tail of the male presenting a variation , which has been con- sidered by ...
... Northern Europe and Ame- rica , though a very near example of the general shape and appearance may be seen in the female of our black cock , the greatly developed tail of the male presenting a variation , which has been con- sidered by ...
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... Northern Europe also , we have the authority of Mr. Loyd , Nilsson , and others , for their being not unfrequently domesticated . In its habits in a wild state , all our accounts agree , in stating their close alliance to those of the ...
... Northern Europe also , we have the authority of Mr. Loyd , Nilsson , and others , for their being not unfrequently domesticated . In its habits in a wild state , all our accounts agree , in stating their close alliance to those of the ...
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abundant Africa appears aquatic axillary feathers belly bill blackish-brown breeding season Britain British authors brown brownish-black Bustard centre feathers clove-brown coasts Coloured Plates Common Sandpiper Common Snipe Corn Crake coverts crown Curlew dark darker deep Dotterel edged eggs Europe feet flanks frequently Gallinule Godwit grey greyish-white ground colour grouse habits hair-brown hallux head Heron inches incubation Ireland islands Jardine Hall killed legs length Linn long tertials marked maxilla naked narrow nearly neck and breast nest Northern numbers occur ochreous ornithologists outer pale paler pigeons Plover plumage Portrait and Memoir procured pure white quill longest quills Red Grouse rufous rump Sandpiper scapulars Scolopacida Scotland seen Selby shade shafts shores shot sides slightly Snipe species specimens spots streak summer tail tarsal joint tarsi tarsus Temm Temminck tertials throat tibiæ tint tipped with white toes TOTANUS Tringa upper tail-coverts vent wing-coverts wings winter wood-brown Yarrell yellowish-white young birds
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Стр. 104 - ... so successful and so absorbed were they in the issue of the contest, that they actually held the crow, till it was seized, and taken from them by the spectator of the scene. Upon search, the young birds (very lately hatched) were found concealed amongst the grass. It would appear, therefore, that the crow, a mortal enemy to all kinds of young game, in attempting to carry off one of these, had been attacked by the parent birds, and with the above singular success.
Стр. 209 - Their actions in fighting are very similar to those of a game-cock; the head is lowered, and the beak held in a horizontal direction, the ruff, and indeed every feather more or less distended, the former sweeping the ground as a shield to defend the more tender parts, the auricles erected and the tail partly spread ; upon the whole assuming a most ferocious aspect. When either could obtain a firm hold with the bill, a leap succeeded, accompanied by a stroke of the wing, but they rarely injured each...
Стр. 107 - Quail is very abundant; and, besides supplying the markets of that country, thousands are imported alive by the London poulterers, and fattened for the luxury of the metropolis. They are taken by nets, into which they are decoyed by imitating their call. On the coast of Italy and Sicily, and all the Greek islands, they arrive at certain seasons in immense numbers. An hundred thousand are said to have been taken in one day.
Стр. 104 - Upon search, young birds, very lately hatched, were found concealed amongst the grass. It would appear, therefore, that the Crow, a mortal enemy to all kinds of young game, in attempting to carry off one of these, had been attacked by the parent birds, and with this singular result Plumages.
Стр. 87 - ... their tails, and displaying the beautifully contrasted while under tail-covers ; he is soon heard by the females, who crowd around their lord and master. This season of admiration does not continue long ; the females disperse to seek proper situations for depositing their eggs, while the males, losing their feeling for love and fighting, re-assemble in small parties, and seek the shelter of the brush and fern beds, to complete a new moult ; and are seldom seen except early in the morning or at...
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Стр. 242 - was placed against a ledge of rock, and consisted of nothing more than the drooping leaves of the juniper-bush, under a creeping branch, by which the eggs, four in number, •were snugly concealed, and admirably sheltered from the many storms by which these "bleak and exposed rocks are visited, allowing just sufficient room for the bird to cover them. The several nests that we examined were placed in the same situation as the one described, with the exception of two, one of which was under a slanting...