History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Instituted September 22, 1831, Том 8[publisher not identified], printed for the club by Martin's Printing Works, Spittal, 1879 Contains it's Proceedings. |
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... grey patches . The hue may be owing to their having acquired the colouring of the red sandstone , which they have here ruptured . Near the harbour this iron - shot trap is pillared . Cochlearia danica , along with the common scurvy ...
... grey patches . The hue may be owing to their having acquired the colouring of the red sandstone , which they have here ruptured . Near the harbour this iron - shot trap is pillared . Cochlearia danica , along with the common scurvy ...
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... Grey Plover is not unfrequently found in small flocks , especially on Tyne sands , near the estuary , where it is seen feeding in company with Godwits and other waders . The Dotterel ( Charadrius morinellus ) is now rare - a few being ...
... Grey Plover is not unfrequently found in small flocks , especially on Tyne sands , near the estuary , where it is seen feeding in company with Godwits and other waders . The Dotterel ( Charadrius morinellus ) is now rare - a few being ...
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... Grey Phalarope and Red - necked Phalarope have both occurred , but at rare and uncertain intervals during winter . The Spotted Crake and Water Rail have also been shot near to the coast . I have repeatedly met with the Water Rail on the ...
... Grey Phalarope and Red - necked Phalarope have both occurred , but at rare and uncertain intervals during winter . The Spotted Crake and Water Rail have also been shot near to the coast . I have repeatedly met with the Water Rail on the ...
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... Grey , of Chillingham , afterwards Lord Grey of Warke . Thomas was made a Burgess of Berwick , 8th June , 1664 ; and died 6 Feb. , 1671 . There are others of that name in the Grey pedigree . - See Raine's North Durham , p . 326 . J. H. ...
... Grey , of Chillingham , afterwards Lord Grey of Warke . Thomas was made a Burgess of Berwick , 8th June , 1664 ; and died 6 Feb. , 1671 . There are others of that name in the Grey pedigree . - See Raine's North Durham , p . 326 . J. H. ...
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... GREY SHRIKE ( Lanius excubitor ) .- This bird , rapacious as many of our falcons , visited us in large numbers during the winter of 1875 and 1876. They appeared first on our sea board , but soon afterwards dispersed inland . A ...
... GREY SHRIKE ( Lanius excubitor ) .- This bird , rapacious as many of our falcons , visited us in large numbers during the winter of 1875 and 1876. They appeared first on our sea board , but soon afterwards dispersed inland . A ...
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