Cassell's book
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共 45 段- In the Catalogue of the Tradescant Museum, preserved at Sout
- Herodotus gives the following quaint account of the supposed
- The DOTTED PLOVER, or DOTTEREL (_Eudromias Morinellus_), has
- Upon the coast of Cape May and Egg Harbour this species is k
- "The Woodcock," we are told, in the notes to the "Lays of th
- The RUFF (_Philomachus pugnax_) has a straight beak of about
- The Common Sandpipers appear in Central Europe towards the m
- The GREAT CURLEW, or WHAAP (_Numenius arquatus_), is from tw
- Such of these remarkable birds as inhabit Central Asia remai
- On the continent of Europe, indeed, the Stork is a welcome v
- The nests of the Herons are huge masses of sticks, about a y
- The Common Crane is a native of the northern portions of the
- The Aniuma is a native of Brazil, where it frequents the vas
- All the _Gallinulæ_ are inhabitants of marshy districts, and
- The COMMON COOT (_Fulica atra_) very closely resembles the W
- The FLAMINGOES (_Phœnicopteri_), notwithstanding their extra
- "The epithet _musicus_," says Faber, "is well bestowed on th
- The CANADA GOOSE (_Cygnopsis Canadensis_) nearly resembles t
- The food of the Nile Goose is of a very promiscuous characte
- The COMMON SHELDRAKE (_Vulpanser tadorna_) is a beautiful bi
- The WOOD or SUMMER DUCK (_Aix sponsa_) represents a group po
- Though shy enough before, the birds now become wonderfully t
- Their breeding-time begins late in the season, generally abo
- IN the broad-billed water birds, we have had an opportunity
- The BLACK MARSH TERN (_Hydrochelidon nigra_) is of a deep ri
- The FISHING GULLS (_Larus_) comprise the larger members of t
- In their habits the Kittiwakes are perhaps more sociable and
- About the beginning of May, the Skuas may be seen congregati
- The GIANT PETREL (_Procellaria [Ossifragus] gigantea_) may b
- The PUFFINS (_Puffini_) are recognisable by their slender bo
- "The Gannets arrive about the middle of February or the begi
- LE VAILLANT'S SNAKE BIRD (_Plotus Levaillantii_), like the p
- Only a single American species obtains its food by diving, t
- The male and female are deservedly attached to each other. S
- The LOONS (_Uriæ_), while they present the general character
- The RAZOR-BILL (_Alca torda_) is from sixteen to seventeen i
- The PENGUINS (_Aptenodytes_) have their wings completely con
- _Sub-Family_ 1.--The Calandra Larks (Melanocorypha), i., 196
- _Sub-Family_ 1.--The Redstarts (Ruticilla), ii., 194; the Bl
- _Sub-Family_ 1.--The Passenger Pigeons (Ectopistes), iii., 1
- _Sub-Family_ 1.--The Fishing Gulls (Larus), iv., 187;
- Gomarita, ii., 291
- " resplendens, iii., 103
- Picturesque Europe. _The British Isles._ _Vol. 1._ Containin
- Paws and Claws: being True Stories of Clever Creatures, Tame