| 1852 - Страниц: 620
...Norway, placed against a ledge, and consisting of nothing more than the shed leaves of the juniper, under a creeping branch of which, the eggs, four in...admirably sheltered from the many storms by which those bleak and exposed rocks are visited, allowing just sufficient room for the bird to cover them.'"*... | |
| John Christopher Atkinson - 1861 - Страниц: 160
...of grass, near which after a minute search, we suoceeded in finding the nest. It was placed nzainst a ledge of the rock, and consisted of nothing more...the eggs, four in number, were snugly concealed and sheltered." Several other nests were also found in the course of further researches, which, however,... | |
| Charles Alexander Johns - 1862 - Страниц: 676
...nest in a situation in which I should never have expected to meet a bird of this sort breeding ; it was placed against a ledge of the rock, and consisted...by which these bleak and exposed rocks are visited. The Turnstone has not been known to breed in Great Britain. THE SANDEELING. CALIDRIS ARENARIA. Winter—... | |
| John George Wood - 1862 - Страниц: 806
...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,...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... | |
| John George Wood - 1862 - Страниц: 804
...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,...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... | |
| John George Wood - 1862 - Страниц: 804
...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,...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... | |
| John George Wood - 1831 - Страниц: 802
...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,...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... | |
| Thomas Rymer Jones - 1872 - Страниц: 488
...against a ledge of rock, and consisted of nothing more than the drooping leaves of the juniper bush, by which the eggs, four in number, were snugly concealed...allowing just sufficient room for the bird to cover them. The several nests that we examined were all placed in the same situation as the one described, with... | |
| National cyclopaedia - 1879 - Страниц: 654
...the coast of Norway placed against a ledge of rock, and consisting of nothing more than the drooping leaves of the juniper bush, under a creeping branch of which the eggs, four in number, of an olivegreen colour, spotted, and streaked with ash-blue and two shades of reddish-brown, were... | |
| Gerrit Smith Miller, Glover Morrill Allen - 1928 - Страниц: 1098
...surface"; the nest "was placed against a ledge of the rock, and consisted of nothing more than the drooping leaves of the juniper bush, under a creeping branch...the eggs, four in number, were snugly concealed." A number of nests of the turnstone were found by the Oxford expedition to Spitsbergen, about which... | |
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