Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History, Volume 6West, Newman, 1848 |
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Página 1959
... winter . I have called this bird the little owl , because a friend whom I left at Seville , tells me that after I was gone he obtained Strix passerina , and that it became very plentiful close to Seville ; identifying it with the bird ...
... winter . I have called this bird the little owl , because a friend whom I left at Seville , tells me that after I was gone he obtained Strix passerina , and that it became very plentiful close to Seville ; identifying it with the bird ...
Página 1960
... winter around Seville ; though I saw male birds only . In March and April it was not to be found about Malaga . The Woodchat ( Lanius rutilus ) was first seen by me April 13th , and from that date male birds were abundant . The female ...
... winter around Seville ; though I saw male birds only . In March and April it was not to be found about Malaga . The Woodchat ( Lanius rutilus ) was first seen by me April 13th , and from that date male birds were abundant . The female ...
Página 1962
... winter in Spain . The Glossy Ibis ( [ bis falcinellus ) . I bought in the market at Malaga , April 21st , an adult male specimen . It had been shot at the mouth of the Guadaljore , by a more fortunate casador than myself . The same man ...
... winter in Spain . The Glossy Ibis ( [ bis falcinellus ) . I bought in the market at Malaga , April 21st , an adult male specimen . It had been shot at the mouth of the Guadaljore , by a more fortunate casador than myself . The same man ...
Página 1964
... winter certain deviations of habit in species with which I am tolerably familiar . Whether these deviations were the result of difference of climate , or of change of other circumstances , I am not prepared to say : your readers shall ...
... winter certain deviations of habit in species with which I am tolerably familiar . Whether these deviations were the result of difference of climate , or of change of other circumstances , I am not prepared to say : your readers shall ...
Página 1974
... winter , it keeps in deep water over a sandy soil . The young are frequently confounded by the fishermen with the picked dog , to which , however , the resemblance is not so great . The ova are developed quickly , and in companies ...
... winter , it keeps in deep water over a sandy soil . The young are frequently confounded by the fishermen with the picked dog , to which , however , the resemblance is not so great . The ova are developed quickly , and in companies ...
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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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