Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural HistoryWest, Newman, 1867 |
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Page 538
... mentioned in my notes for last month ( Zool . S. S. 477 ) was shot by me on the 4th of June : it was running upon a small patch of sand close to the sea , and allowed me to drift up in the boat until within about forty yards . Although ...
... mentioned in my notes for last month ( Zool . S. S. 477 ) was shot by me on the 4th of June : it was running upon a small patch of sand close to the sea , and allowed me to drift up in the boat until within about forty yards . Although ...
Page 553
... mentioned above , I was much surprised to discover nearly the whole of the poor animal's intestines almost entirely covered with large ulcers , some of which measured as much as three inches in diameter . Its body was of course much ...
... mentioned above , I was much surprised to discover nearly the whole of the poor animal's intestines almost entirely covered with large ulcers , some of which measured as much as three inches in diameter . Its body was of course much ...
Page 555
... mentioned the subject to Mr. Gould , who quite appreciates the care that is due to the specific identity of the two birds as British . Mr. Gould , however , seems to support the important point that the male of our Lanius excubitor has ...
... mentioned the subject to Mr. Gould , who quite appreciates the care that is due to the specific identity of the two birds as British . Mr. Gould , however , seems to support the important point that the male of our Lanius excubitor has ...
Page 557
... mentioned birds in the vicinity of Plymouth . Many black redstarts have already made their appearance on our coasts.— J. Gatcombe ; Plymouth , November 16 , 1866 . Nesting of the Song Thrush . - Last April I discovered a nest of the ...
... mentioned birds in the vicinity of Plymouth . Many black redstarts have already made their appearance on our coasts.— J. Gatcombe ; Plymouth , November 16 , 1866 . Nesting of the Song Thrush . - Last April I discovered a nest of the ...
Page 558
... mentioned by Wilson . The use of red slips of bark I consider a peculiarity which would enable anyone acquainted with the nest to distinguish it among a hundred others . The flycatcher frequently builds its nest in places where it fails ...
... mentioned by Wilson . The use of red slips of bark I consider a peculiarity which would enable anyone acquainted with the nest to distinguish it among a hundred others . The flycatcher frequently builds its nest in places where it fails ...
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adult amongst appearance April arrival autumn bill blackbacked Bohemian Waxwing breeding British Birds brown cliffs coast colour common corn crake cuckoo diver duck dunlins East Finmark eggs exhibited feathers feeding feet female Finmark Firth flight flock flying four frequently gray green ground gull habits hawfinch hawk head heard inches insects island January killed lark larva larvæ late Loch Lomond male marsh martins neighbourhood nest never Norfolk noticed observed occurred October old birds Ornithological pair phalarope pigeons pipit plovers plumage Polmak rare redthroated remarked resemblance ring ouzel River rock rock pipit sandpiper scarcely Scene season SECOND SERIES-VOL sedge warbler seen September shot snow species specimen spots stock dove summer swallow tail thrush tree Varanger Varanger Fjord variety wagtail warbler wild willow grouse wings winter wood wood lark yellow young birds Zool Zoologist
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Page 534 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting. martlet, does approve, By his lov'd mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coigne of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed, and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd, The air is delicate.
Page 692 - If thou art worn and hard beset With sorrows, that thou wouldst forget, If thou wouldst read a lesson, that will keep Thy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep, Go to the woods and hills! — No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
Page 561 - Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! Thus passed a few swift years, and they no longer were children.
Page 661 - When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea...
Page 661 - Lancashire call by no other name than a tree goose, which place aforesaid, and all those parts adjoining, do so much abound therewith, that one of the best is bought for threepence. For the truth hereof, if any doubt, may it please them to repair unto me, and I shall satisfie them by the testimonie of good witnesses*.
Page 531 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Page 931 - And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another : but the birds divided he not.
Page 655 - I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.
Page 931 - O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
Page 661 - But what our eyes have seen and our hands have touched" continues the Author, doubtless with full sincerity, " we shall declare. There is a small island in Lancashire called the Pile of Foulders...