An Illustrated Manual of British BirdsGurney and Jackson, 1899 - Всего страниц: 776 |
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... Northern India , Persia , and Africa north of the Sahara . In the south of England the Mistle - Thrush sometimes begins to lay in February , while even in the north it often has eggs in March . The nest , which when placed in a wide ...
... Northern India , Persia , and Africa north of the Sahara . In the south of England the Mistle - Thrush sometimes begins to lay in February , while even in the north it often has eggs in March . The nest , which when placed in a wide ...
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... northern regions of Europe which form its principal breeding- ground . Its appearance in Scotland and in eastern England has been recorded from the middle of September onwards , but on the west side , in Wales and in Ireland , it is ...
... northern regions of Europe which form its principal breeding- ground . Its appearance in Scotland and in eastern England has been recorded from the middle of September onwards , but on the west side , in Wales and in Ireland , it is ...
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... Northern India . In Northern Europe Fieldfares often breed in colonies - and in such assemblages the late Mr. A. C. Chapman and others have found old nests with eggs of the Merlin . Especially in birch , but also in fir woods , gardens ...
... Northern India . In Northern Europe Fieldfares often breed in colonies - and in such assemblages the late Mr. A. C. Chapman and others have found old nests with eggs of the Merlin . Especially in birch , but also in fir woods , gardens ...
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... Northern Germany , Belgium , and France , and at least three in Tyrol and Northern Italy . In Central and Eastern Europe its occurrences , as might naturally be expected , become more frequent in proportion as its Siberian home is ...
... Northern Germany , Belgium , and France , and at least three in Tyrol and Northern Italy . In Central and Eastern Europe its occurrences , as might naturally be expected , become more frequent in proportion as its Siberian home is ...
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... Northern China and the Upper Amur ; migrating to Northern. SAXÍCOLA ISABELLÍNA , Rüppell . THE BLACK - THROATED WHEATEAR . THE DESERT - WHEATEAR. TURDINE . 21.
... Northern China and the Upper Amur ; migrating to Northern. SAXÍCOLA ISABELLÍNA , Rüppell . THE BLACK - THROATED WHEATEAR . THE DESERT - WHEATEAR. TURDINE . 21.
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Стр. xxxi - Bill shorter than the head, thick at the base, subcultrated, compressed ; the culmen gradually deflecting from the forehead to the point of the bill ; lateral furrow of the upper mandible broad, and occupying more than half its length ; angle of the under mandible bending upwards ; both mandibles of an equal length. Nostrils concave, lateral, linear-ovoid, pierced in a membrane occupying the mandibular furrow in the middle of the bilL Wings armed with a spine, and having the second and third quill...
Стр. 246 - It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half.
Стр. iii - AN ILLUSTRATED MANUAL OF BRITISH BIRDS. By HOWARD SAUNDERS, FLS. FZS, &c. Editor of the Third and Fourth Volumes of " Yarrell's History of British Birds,
Стр. xl - The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings.
Стр. xxxiii - Lapwing, a, spring plumage ; b, winter plumage. Vanellus. (Briss.) Generic Character. — Bill shorter than the head, straight, slightly compressed, the points of both mandibles horny and hard. Nasal groove wide, and reaching as far as the horny tip. Nostrils basal, linear, pierced in the membrane of the nasal groove. Legs slender, with the lower part of the tibiae naked. Feet four-toed ; three before and one behind, united at the base by a membrane ; hind toe very short, articulated upon the tarsus.
Стр. xxx - Feet having the three anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint, and the hind toe articulated upon the tarsus, which in the male birds is furnished with a horny cone-shaped sharp spur.
Стр. vi - KNUBLEY, appointed for the purpose of making a Digest of the Observations on the Migrations of Birds at Lighthouses and Lightvessels, 1880-1887.
Стр. 558 - At one time snipe were commonly taken in " panties " made of twisted horsehair. These were set about three inches from the ground, and snipe and teal were mostly taken in them. In preparing the snares the fowler trampled a strip of oozy ground, until, in the darkness, it had the appearance of a narrow...
Стр. xxxix - Latham\. — Bill of moderate length, straight, hard, slightly compressed, pointed, forming an elongated cone. Nostrils lateral, concave, oblong, open in front,' and perforate, closed behind by a membrane. Legs and feet long, attached behind the centre of gravity ; tarsi very much compressed ; three toes in front, one behind ; anterior toes very much flattened, united at the base, surrounded by a lobated membrane ; hind toe also flattened, articulated on the inner surface of the tarsus ; claws large,...
Стр. 59 - It is known to breed in nearly all the southern counties from Cornwall to Kent inclusive, especially in Hampshire (and the Isle of Wight), Surrey and Sussex ; sparingly in the valley of the Thames, and perhaps in some of the Midland counties ; while it has been observed in Cambridgeshire and undoubtedly nests in Suffolk and Norfolk.