The IbisBritish Ornithologists' Union, 1890 |
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... mentioned , this Hornbill frequently settles on the ground . Some birds have white and others black tails . This is apparently only a difference of age , as the British Museum contains Malayan specimens with black and with white tails ...
... mentioned , this Hornbill frequently settles on the ground . Some birds have white and others black tails . This is apparently only a difference of age , as the British Museum contains Malayan specimens with black and with white tails ...
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... mentioned in Jerdon , and derived from its peculiar note , which sounds exactly like a stone thrown on thick ice , is the best description of the sound it utters . It is met with on Kina Balu up to 2000 feet . It generally nests in open ...
... mentioned in Jerdon , and derived from its peculiar note , which sounds exactly like a stone thrown on thick ice , is the best description of the sound it utters . It is met with on Kina Balu up to 2000 feet . It generally nests in open ...
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... mentioned capture , the same gentleman brought me a slightly larger bird , which he had captured near the gorge . Since then I have taken two diminutive females in different localities and in similar plumage ; but , excepting their ...
... mentioned capture , the same gentleman brought me a slightly larger bird , which he had captured near the gorge . Since then I have taken two diminutive females in different localities and in similar plumage ; but , excepting their ...
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... mentioned islands . In another respect the Tenerife Tit differs from that of Palma . It is found in all localities and situations from the shore to the desolate cumbres , 5000 feet above the sea . It is equally at home on the house ...
... mentioned islands . In another respect the Tenerife Tit differs from that of Palma . It is found in all localities and situations from the shore to the desolate cumbres , 5000 feet above the sea . It is equally at home on the house ...
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... mention here that in Palma we frequently found scattered Canary pines mingled with the evergreen forest , an occurrence never noticed in Gomera , and very rare in Tene- rife , where the pine begins about 5000 feet up , at the point ...
... mention here that in Palma we frequently found scattered Canary pines mingled with the evergreen forest , an occurrence never noticed in Gomera , and very rare in Tene- rife , where the pine begins about 5000 feet up , at the point ...
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Adult male allied avifauna axillaries barred beneath Benkoka bill black Blasius Bonin Islands Borneo breast Brit British Museum Brüggem buff Bull cæca Charadr chestnut coast collection colour Columba Congo Cozumel Cypselus dark brown deep plantar described eggs Fairly common feathers feet dull fifth c. r. forest France frequenting front plantar genera genus Geogr grey hallux Hawaiian head Hemignathus Holst Ibis inches Iris Journ Kauai Kina Balu Labuan Lanai legs Leopoldville Linn London Macropygia mainland Manyanga metallic green Monogr Mount Musgrave nape and mantle Native name nest obtained ohia oil-gland ornithology outer Palawan pale Passeres peculiar Peel Island phalanx plumage Proc Rchw rectrices remex rufous Salvad Salvadori Sand-Grouse Seebohm seen sexes Sharpe & Bouvier shot species specimens Stejneger Syrrhaptes tail tail-feathers tarsus throat tipped trees upper tail-coverts VI.-VOL wing wing-coverts Yambuya yellow Zool Zoological
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Էջ 115 - THE BIRDS OF BERWICKSHIRE WITH REMARKS ON THEIR LOCAL DISTRIBUTION MIGRATION, AND HABITS, AND ALSO ON THE FOLK-LORE, PROVERBS, POPULAR RHYMES AND SAYINGS CONNECTED WITH THEM BY GEOEGE MUIEHEAD, FESE, FZS MEMBER OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS* UNION, MEMBER OF THE BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS* CLUB, ETC.
Էջ 383 - President, in the Chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, The...
Էջ 326 - ... surrounding objects. If they are drawn from the nest by means of their legs, they hold on firmly to the twigs both with their bill and wings ; and if the nest be upset by means of a rod pushed up from below, they hold on to all objects with which they come in contact by means of bill, feet, and wings, making considerable use of the bill, not only to reach objects above them, but also, with the help of the clawed wings, to raise themselves to a higher level.
Էջ xxvi - Index of genera and species referred to, and an index to the plates, in 'The Ibis' (fourth, fifth, and sixth series), 1877-1894.
Էջ 366 - The English Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) in North America, especially in its relations to agriculture. Prepared under the direction -of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Ornithologist, by Walter B. Barrows, Assistant Ornithologist.
Էջ 286 - ... one of the most important as well as one of the most legitimate sources of his power.
Էջ 112 - Primo resoconto dei risultati della inchiesta ornitologica in Italia. Parte prima: Avifauna italica. Elenco sistematico delle specie di uccelli stazionarie o di passaggio in Italia con nuovi nomi volgari e colle notizie sin qui fornite dai collaboratori nella inchiesta ornitologica, Firenze 1889, pp.
Էջ 175 - The groundwork in of coarse netting, to which are attached, with skill now impossible to be applied, the delicate feathers, those on the border being reverted. Its length is 4 feet, and it has a spread of 11J feet at the bottom, the whole having the appearance of a mantle of go!d.
Էջ 325 - Even by man they are seldom meddled with, except for scientific purposes, since a peculiar and unpleasant odor attaches to the flesh, especially after death, and which seems to be due to the penetration of the fluid and gaseous contents of the digestive tract. On this account they are not generally eaten, but a few cases have been reported to me in which they have been utilized for food.
Էջ 249 - Land and the Victoria Falls. A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Interior of South Africa.