The Natural History and Antiquities of SelborneGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1891 - 475 pages |
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Page 29
... motacilla trochilus ) still continues to make a sibilous shivering noise in the tops of tall woods . * The stoparola of Ray ( for which we have as yet no name in these parts ) is called in your zoology the fly - catcher . There is one ...
... motacilla trochilus ) still continues to make a sibilous shivering noise in the tops of tall woods . * The stoparola of Ray ( for which we have as yet no name in these parts ) is called in your zoology the fly - catcher . There is one ...
Page 30
... motacilla trochilus . Mr. Derham supposes , in " Ray's Philos . Letters , " that he has discovered three . In these there is again an instance of some very common birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a ...
... motacilla trochilus . Mr. Derham supposes , in " Ray's Philos . Letters , " that he has discovered three . In these there is again an instance of some very common birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a ...
Page 40
... Motacilla boarula , many pairs of which remain during winter , and these wanting the dark throat of the breeding plumage are nearly all yellow on the under parts . The yellow wagtail , Budytes flava , is a regula . summer visitant ...
... Motacilla boarula , many pairs of which remain during winter , and these wanting the dark throat of the breeding plumage are nearly all yellow on the under parts . The yellow wagtail , Budytes flava , is a regula . summer visitant ...
Page 48
... Motacilla luscinia . Motacilla atricapilla . Motacilla sylvia . Motacilla trochilus . Hirundo apus . Charadrius ædicnemus ? Turtur aldrovandi ? Alauda trivialis . Rallus crex . Motacilla trochilus . Motacilla phænicurus . Caprimulgus ...
... Motacilla luscinia . Motacilla atricapilla . Motacilla sylvia . Motacilla trochilus . Hirundo apus . Charadrius ædicnemus ? Turtur aldrovandi ? Alauda trivialis . Rallus crex . Motacilla trochilus . Motacilla phænicurus . Caprimulgus ...
Page 57
... motacilla trochilus , only that it is a size larger than the two other , and the yellow - green of the whole upper part of the body is more vivid , and the belly of a clearer white . I have specimens of the three sorts now lying before ...
... motacilla trochilus , only that it is a size larger than the two other , and the yellow - green of the whole upper part of the body is more vivid , and the belly of a clearer white . I have specimens of the three sorts now lying before ...
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