Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History

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West, Newman, 1886

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Стр. 216 - President, in the chair. The following were elected Fellows of the Society : — Mr.
Стр. 229 - ... of July every feather of the former brilliant plumage has disappeared, and the male has received a garb like that of the female, though of a somewhat darker tint. In the early part of August this new plumage begins to drop off gradually, and by the 10th of October the drake will appear again in all his rich magnificence of dress, than which scarcely anything throughout the whole wide field of nature can be seen more lovely, or better arranged to charm the eye of man.
Стр. 349 - Then the wild boar, being so stout and so strong, Wind well thy horn, good hunter; Thrashed down the trees as he ramped him along, To Sir Ryalas, the jovial hunter. 'Oh, what dost thee want of me?' wild boar, said he, (12) Wind well thy horn, good hunter; 'Oh, I think in my heart I can do enough for thee, For I am the jovial hunter.
Стр. 229 - By the 23d of June scarcely one single green feather is to be seen on the head and neck of the bird. By the 6th of July every feather of the former brilliant plumage has...
Стр. 351 - And root the shrubs, and lay the forest bare ; They gnash their tusks, with fire their eye-balls roll, Till some wide wound lets out their mighty soul.
Стр. 370 - When farmers complain that the Barn Owl destroys the eggs of their Pigeons, they lay the saddle on the wrong horse. They ought to put it on the Rat. Formerly I could get very few young. Pigeons till the Rats were excluded effectually from the dovecot. Since that took place it has produced a great abundance every year, though the Barn Owls frequent it, and are encouraged all around it.
Стр. 349 - Wind well thy horn, good hunter; 'Oh, I think in my heart I can do enough for thee, For I am the jovial hunter.' Then they fought four hours in a long summer day, Wind well thy horn, good hunter; Till the wild boar fain would have got him away From Sir Ryalas, the jovial hunter. Then Sir Ryalas drawed his broad sword with might, Wind well thy horn, good hunter; And he fairly cut the boar's head off quite, For he was a jovial hunter.
Стр. 353 - He was about forty yards' distance from me. Directly he saw me, putting his head a little down to take aim, he came straight at me, increasing his pace from the trot to the charge. When about fifteen yards off he received the first bullet of my rifle in his neck. Taking not the least notice of it, he came on; and the second barrel fired at him, at about five yards, broke his left under jaw-bone at the tusk. Fortunately I brought my rifle down to the charge, and, striking it with his head, the boar...
Стр. 187 - Further Notes upon Lepidopterous Larvae and Pupae, including an account of the loss of weight in the freshly-formed pupa.
Стр. 229 - ... clue afforded him, by which he may be enabled to trace out the cause of the strange phenomenon. To Him alone, who has ordered the ostrich to remain on the earth, and allowed the bat to range through the ethereal vault of heaven, is known why the drake, for a very short period of the year, should be so completely clothed in the raiment of the female, that it requires a keen and penetrating eye ft> distinguish the one from the other.

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