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共 61 段- It is my opinion that all the birds of this species, which l
- The Canada Goose is less shy when met with far inland, than
- The Red-throated Diver is found, in tolerable abundance, on
- Head small, oblong, much compressed. Neck long and slender.
- The sun had scarcely begun to send his horizontal rays over
- I have always experienced a peculiar pleasure while endeavou
- The female is considerably smaller, and differs greatly from
- Bill brownish-black, the lower mandible flesh-coloured at th
- There rides the filthy thing! The afternoon is half over. He
- When wounded, the Great Blue Heron immediately prepares for
- Bill black, base of lower mandible and edges of upper toward
- When the Auks deposit their eggs along with the Guillemots,
- Evening has returned. The heavens have already opened their
- When the Wood Ibis has caught a fish too large to be easily
- The Foolish Guillemot, as I have said, lays only a single eg
- Their notes, which are so soft and mellow as nearly to resem
- Now, towards the grassy margins they advance in straggling p
- The manner in which this bird searches for its food is very
- As we approached the famous Gannet Rock of the Gulf of St La
- Smooth are the waters, clear is the sky, and gently does the
- According to circumstances, this species roosts either on th
- Length to end of tail 29 inches; extent of wings 36; bill al
- Bill as long as the head, deeper than broad at the base, enl
- The Long-billed Curlew is a constant resident in the souther
- Bill black. Iris yellow. Feet yellowish-brown; claws dusky.
- Bill about the same length as the head, rather deeper than b
- About two hours afterwards, I took my gun, mounted the prair
- Plumage soft, blended. Feathers of the upper and hind part o
- The principal breeding places of this species are yet unknow
- My opinion of this remarkable man is, that he was purely a s
- “In the course of the summer of 1818, a “big scorie” was bro
- The flight of the Snipe while travelling to some distance, i
- The Female is similar to the male, but has the frontal plate
- In Labrador, the Eider Ducks begin to form their nests about
- A few of the Velvet Ducks breed on the Island of Grand Manan
- The day after our arrival at the Magdaleine Islands, the wea
- My friend JOHN BULLOW, Esq. took me in his barge to visit th
- The species of Mangrove represented in the plate is very abu
- While sailing towards the harbour of Little Macatina, and ye
- While proceeding up the Mississippi above its junction with
- Bill much longer than the head, straight, compressed, taperi
- The bill, iris and feet, as in the adult male. Upper part of
- While advancing the best way I could through the magnificent
- Adult Male in Summer. Plate CCLXIV.
- This Cormorant swims at times with astonishing speed, keepin
- Although usually seen single, or at most in pairs, during th
- Plumage very soft, elastic, blended; of the fore part of the
- On being hooked, the Dolphin flounces vigorously, shoots off
- Eyelids and gular sac, with the anterior part of the neck, b
- During winter you frequently see these birds in the Southern
- Bill shorter than the head, much deeper than broad at the ba
- The Black Tern begins to arrive from the Mexican territories
- The boats parted again, and it was now arranged that wheneve
- Plumage soft, close, blended; on the back compact, the feath
- They leave us a fortnight sooner than the Canada Geese, and
- In autumn and winter, this species is abundant along the who
- About the beginning of May the Herring Gulls collect into gr
- Bill bright orange-red, soft edges of mouth gamboge. Edges o
- I have the pleasure of presenting you with three figures of
- This bird moves on the ground with sprightliness. When obser
- Noddy Tern, 516