Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, Том 6West, Newman, 1848 |
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Стр. 1931
... took place , as usual , on the 30th and 31st of October , and that I fear some mistake has occurred : I consider it probable that the missel thrush , which by the middle of September had collected in small flocks of from ten to thirty ...
... took place , as usual , on the 30th and 31st of October , and that I fear some mistake has occurred : I consider it probable that the missel thrush , which by the middle of September had collected in small flocks of from ten to thirty ...
Стр. 1962
... took the hint . It goes by the name of the ' snipe's monitor . ' The Black - winged Stilt ( Himantopus melanopterus ) . I crave your sympathy fellow- students of Ornithology , while I relate my sad tale . Visiting , April 22nd , a ...
... took the hint . It goes by the name of the ' snipe's monitor . ' The Black - winged Stilt ( Himantopus melanopterus ) . I crave your sympathy fellow- students of Ornithology , while I relate my sad tale . Visiting , April 22nd , a ...
Стр. 1966
... Turdus , so that I took a description of it , after which I had it carefully stuffed . Being desirous to discover its name , I perused attentively all the works on the birds of the northern hemisphere which I 1966 Birds .
... Turdus , so that I took a description of it , after which I had it carefully stuffed . Being desirous to discover its name , I perused attentively all the works on the birds of the northern hemisphere which I 1966 Birds .
Стр. 1968
... took out the egg and ex- amined it ; it was not a perfect egg , it was soft . The bird has never been , as far as I know , with any other bird : I inquired of the man who used to have charge of him , if it had ever been with another ...
... took out the egg and ex- amined it ; it was not a perfect egg , it was soft . The bird has never been , as far as I know , with any other bird : I inquired of the man who used to have charge of him , if it had ever been with another ...
Стр. 1970
... took the young ones and went to their dinner , leaving them outside the kitchen - door . When they had dined , they were astonished to find the old snake with her dead offspring . She must either have followed them in the distance , or ...
... took the young ones and went to their dinner , leaving them outside the kitchen - door . When they had dined , they were astonished to find the old snake with her dead offspring . She must either have followed them in the distance , or ...
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