The Naturalist: Illustrative of the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms, Tomy 4-5R. Groombridge, 1839 |
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... run , " says WILSON , " with great rapidity , sometimes spreading their tail and dropping their wings , as birds do who wish to decoy you from their nest : when they alight they remain fixed , stand very erect , and utter c 2.
... run , " says WILSON , " with great rapidity , sometimes spreading their tail and dropping their wings , as birds do who wish to decoy you from their nest : when they alight they remain fixed , stand very erect , and utter c 2.
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... nest is placed amidst breakers and dense underwood ; the eggs are from eight to sixteen in number , of a yellowish white spotted with darker yellow . " Feeds on Alpine berries , tops of Fir , Snails , & c . The male is considerably ...
... nest is placed amidst breakers and dense underwood ; the eggs are from eight to sixteen in number , of a yellowish white spotted with darker yellow . " Feeds on Alpine berries , tops of Fir , Snails , & c . The male is considerably ...
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... : it is very abundant in Northern Africa , and is common in Spain , Turkey , Italy , and the south of France , to the north of which countries it is seldom seen . " Places its nest SKETCHES OF EUROPEAN ORNITHOLOGY . 15.
... : it is very abundant in Northern Africa , and is common in Spain , Turkey , Italy , and the south of France , to the north of which countries it is seldom seen . " Places its nest SKETCHES OF EUROPEAN ORNITHOLOGY . 15.
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... nest amongst herbage , laying four or five clear purple eggs , with large grey spots . Feeds on insects , seeds , & c . The female is smaller than the male , and young birds have each feather tipped with yellowish - grey . BRENT GOOSE ...
... nest amongst herbage , laying four or five clear purple eggs , with large grey spots . Feeds on insects , seeds , & c . The female is smaller than the male , and young birds have each feather tipped with yellowish - grey . BRENT GOOSE ...
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... nest . On the 23rd I found the eggs bare and cold , and the old bird gone . I at first supposed that she had forsaken her nest ; but the next day , when cutting the Tares , the man called me to look at a collection of Grass and straw ...
... nest . On the 23rd I found the eggs bare and cold , and the old bird gone . I at first supposed that she had forsaken her nest ; but the next day , when cutting the Tares , the man called me to look at a collection of Grass and straw ...
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