Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, Volume 6West, Newman, 1848 |
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Página 1950
... 2047 Bullfinch , female in male plumage , 1968 Bunting , cirl , near Worcester , 2229 Buprestis mauritanica in Plaistow marsh- es , 1999 Bustard , great , in Spain , 1961 Buzzard , rough - legged , near Thetford , 2018 xxvi.
... 2047 Bullfinch , female in male plumage , 1968 Bunting , cirl , near Worcester , 2229 Buprestis mauritanica in Plaistow marsh- es , 1999 Bustard , great , in Spain , 1961 Buzzard , rough - legged , near Thetford , 2018 xxvi.
Página 1952
... male plumage , 1969 Frog at a great elevation in Inverness- shire , 2027 Frog - eating in England , 2073 Frog ... males of our British , 2077 , 2151 Glæa rubricosa on sallow blossoms , 2151 Globe - fish , Pennant's , 1973 Gnats ...
... male plumage , 1969 Frog at a great elevation in Inverness- shire , 2027 Frog - eating in England , 2073 Frog ... males of our British , 2077 , 2151 Glæa rubricosa on sallow blossoms , 2151 Globe - fish , Pennant's , 1973 Gnats ...
Página 1960
... male birds were abundant . The female had not arrived , or , at least , I could not find it , by the end of the ... males were in beautiful plumage before the middle of February . The Fire - crested Regulus ( Regulus ignicapillus ) I saw ...
... male birds were abundant . The female had not arrived , or , at least , I could not find it , by the end of the ... males were in beautiful plumage before the middle of February . The Fire - crested Regulus ( Regulus ignicapillus ) I saw ...
Página 1966
... male specimen of the white - headed eagle was shot at Westwick on the 10th instant ; in its stomach were found the remains of a herring . About the same time a pair of waxen chatterers were killed at Runton , near Cromer ; and another ...
... male specimen of the white - headed eagle was shot at Westwick on the 10th instant ; in its stomach were found the remains of a herring . About the same time a pair of waxen chatterers were killed at Runton , near Cromer ; and another ...
Página 1968
... male , and that they would have bred in that locality if they had not been disturbed . - T . S. Rudd ; Redcar , November 4th , 1847 . Disappearance of Swallows at Penmanshiel , Berwickshire . — The swallows left us about the 9th of ...
... male , and that they would have bred in that locality if they had not been disturbed . - T . S. Rudd ; Redcar , November 4th , 1847 . Disappearance of Swallows at Penmanshiel , Berwickshire . — The swallows left us about the 9th of ...
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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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