Ornithological b
章节目录
共 55 段- Boston! Ah! reader, my heart fails me when I think of the es
- The Spotted or Canada Grous, _Tetrao canadensis_,
- The Young Males are three years in acquiring the full develo
- Few birds are more common throughout the United States than
- Day broke so fair, so pure, and so gladdening, that I told t
- In Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, and Carolina, they prepa
- CATHARTES JOTA, _Bonaparte_, Synops. of Birds of the United
- The nest of the Savannah Finch is placed on the ground at th
- Their natural wildness never leaves them, even although they
- BLUE BIRD, SYLVIA SIALIS, _Wils._ Amer. Ornith. vol. i. p. 5
- The men who are employed in cutting down the trees, and conv
- Leaves coriaceous, dilated at the end and three-lobed, when
- The Swamp Magnolia is abundant in all marshy places from Lou
- The nest of this species bears some resemblance to that of t
- Individuals of either sex vary according to age, the spots g
- Actively and most diligently employed is this little rover e
- Some weeks afterwards, when young Eagles would have been tho
- The vulgar name which this species bears, has probably rende
- Bill brownish-black above, light blue beneath, with a longit
- Bill of moderate length, rather strong, compressed, acute; u
- I have since met with this species in the State of Maine, an
- In this manner the Meadow Larks proceed in autumn from the n
- Bill short, rather small, strong, conical, acute; upper mand
- When the Passenger Pigeons are abundant in the western count
- The Golden-crowned Thrush nestles on the ground, where, cert
- But at length we perceived the tracks of living beings, and
- These birds can scarcely walk on the ground, on account of t
- When the three are together it is very easy to distinguish t
- This species is far from being known throughout the United S
- I am indebted to the generous and most hospitable Professor
- When the nest of this species happens to be discovered, the
- In the cities, these birds make choice of a particular chimn
- The new species, the Carolina Titmouse, is a constant inhabi
- Bill pale blue, yellow on the edges, cere carmine. Iris dark
- Bill brownish-black above, flesh-coloured at the base of the
- That extraordinary turtler had an iron instrument, which he
- Plumage compact on the back, elsewhere blended with strong,
- I recollect that once while in the State of Maine, I passed
- Bill short, compressed, deep, and strong, with a short cere
- I found flocks of Barn Swallows near St Augustine for severa
- While in New Jersey, in the summer of 1832, after I had beco
- Along the shores of the Bay of Fundy, the Spruce Partridge i
- SYLVIA CELATA, _Say_, in Long's Expedition to the Rocky
- Next day we continued our journey along the Penobscot, the c
- These Pigeons are met with in groups of four or five, and it
- Cape after cape, forming eddies and counter currents far too
- During very severe weather, I have known this species to roo
- No sooner has he made himself sure of the attachment of a fe
- When they first arrive, they are usually gentle and easily a
- Some individuals, from laziness, or other causes, fish with
- The older the birds are, the more pure and pale does the gre
- Repairing to a hotel, I immediately took a seat in the mail,
- Much has been said and repeated respecting the colours of th
- The nest around is imbedded in the moss to its edges, which
- Haw, Black, 328