Life histories
章节目录
共 29 段- William Brewster (1889) published the following account, whi
- _Nesting._--We have no more positive information on the nest
- _Plumages._--The youngest bird I have seen is about half gro
- “Fourteen days after the last egg had been laid, I held one
- The speed of the roadrunner _is_ remarkable. Not when he is
- _Behavior._--Anyone who has observed the roadrunner closely
- The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is one of the poorest nest
- _Voice._--We hear the voice of the cuckoo much oftener than
- Dr. T. C. Stephens has sent me some fine photographs (pl. 8)
- On another day, she says: “We had not waited long when the h
- Juvenile: In first plumage blackish brown above, the feather
- In Burma, more especially in the Ruby Mines district and in
- Mrs. Florence M. Bailey (1923) reports that A. B. Howell dis
- On May 27th, 1927, while observing Chimney Swifts at
- _Behavior._--The belted kingfisher is a striking and picture
- I have seen the largest kingfisher only near the sea coast,
- The range of the ringed kingfisher extends =north= to Nayari
- _Courtship._--Little time is lost by the chuck-will’s-widow,
- _Voice._--There is no doubt that the voice of the chuck-will
- A few seconds after his first effort (it was the male)
- Suddenly I hear a rather feeble whip, 12 times S. of me,
- _Fall migration._--Late dates of fall departure are: Manitob
- Dr. Elliott Coues (1874) says: “Like others of its family,
- _Young._--In his unpublished manuscript on the birds of the
- The nighthawk is solitary in its nesting habits, though ther
- The next day the female attempted to brood the young continu
- Nighthawks not only capture food on the wing, but they also
- We found only the western nighthawk in the mountains and onl
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