Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, Том 6West, Newman, 1848 |
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Стр. 1930
... usual order , passing over Quadrupeds as a class in which nothing particularly new or striking has been recorded . : In Birds , we have had three additions to the British list during the year : the most remarkable of these is a bustard ...
... usual order , passing over Quadrupeds as a class in which nothing particularly new or striking has been recorded . : In Birds , we have had three additions to the British list during the year : the most remarkable of these is a bustard ...
Стр. 1931
... 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 , was mistaken ...
... 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 , was mistaken ...
Стр. 1937
... usual , the wind frequently boister- ous , and the rain in many parts of the Kingdom almost continuous : the occurrence of rarities among the larger and more conspicuous Lepidoptera has not been observed . One beautiful Geometra ...
... usual , the wind frequently boister- ous , and the rain in many parts of the Kingdom almost continuous : the occurrence of rarities among the larger and more conspicuous Lepidoptera has not been observed . One beautiful Geometra ...
Стр. 1957
... usual colour , excepting that the mystachial bristles , the nose and upper lips , the fore feet , two joints of the toes in the hind feet , and the whole of the claws are white . There is a band of white , about an inch in breadth ...
... usual colour , excepting that the mystachial bristles , the nose and upper lips , the fore feet , two joints of the toes in the hind feet , and the whole of the claws are white . There is a band of white , about an inch in breadth ...
Стр. 1964
... usual path led di- rectly through a very well - stocked preserve . It is not to be supposed that I could pass and ... usual ; and as usual admired the gor- geous display of cock pheasants , now in full and brilliant plumage . I remember ...
... usual path led di- rectly through a very well - stocked preserve . It is not to be supposed that I could pass and ... usual ; and as usual admired the gor- geous display of cock pheasants , now in full and brilliant plumage . I remember ...
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Abdomen abundant anal angle animal antennæ apex APHIS apical appearance April Argyromiges August basal base Battel beneath bird black-throated diver body breeding British brown captured cilia colour common costal spot dark Duponchel eggs extremity eyes fascia feet ferruginous fish flying frequently fuscous genus glaucous gull gray green ground gull habits HALICTUS Haworth head inches inner margin insect July June Kilda Kirby larvæ legs length Lepidoptera lines Lithocolletis Loch male Melitta metathorax middle naturalists nearly neighbourhood nervures nest nigro-piceous North Uist Northfleet observed Occurrence October pair pale fulvous pale yellow paler Palpi piceous plumage Posterior wings pubescence punctured rare red-throated diver remarkable resembles ring ouzel sea-serpent seen segments September shining shot side species specimens streak summer Swanscombe tail taken tarsi tegulæ Thorax tibiæ tree viviparous viviparous female white pubescence winter Wood young Zeller Zool Zoologist
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