A Year with the BirdsEducational Publishing Company, 1889 - 317 pages |
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... Crow Corvus corone . Cuckoo Cuculus Americanus . D. December • Dove Columba Downy Woodpecker . Picus pubescens Duck , Common Anas boschas F. Facts that prove the Utility of Birds February Flicker . Foraging Habits of Birds Picus auratus ...
... Crow Corvus corone . Cuckoo Cuculus Americanus . D. December • Dove Columba Downy Woodpecker . Picus pubescens Duck , Common Anas boschas F. Facts that prove the Utility of Birds February Flicker . Foraging Habits of Birds Picus auratus ...
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... Crow , and as elusive a mark for the sportsman as a Loon . Samuels says that " usually one bird of a flock is perched on a tree or a fence - post as a sentinel , and the moment a gunner approaches , the bird gives his alarm , " when all ...
... Crow , and as elusive a mark for the sportsman as a Loon . Samuels says that " usually one bird of a flock is perched on a tree or a fence - post as a sentinel , and the moment a gunner approaches , the bird gives his alarm , " when all ...
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... Crows , high up in the cedars , we emerge into the upland under the bright beams of noonday . The region into which we enter is an open pasture of hill and dale , more than half covered with wild shrubbery , and displaying an occasional ...
... Crows , high up in the cedars , we emerge into the upland under the bright beams of noonday . The region into which we enter is an open pasture of hill and dale , more than half covered with wild shrubbery , and displaying an occasional ...
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... crows from its vicinity by repeated annoyances . The custom of supplying martins with a shelter has of late . grown into disuse . The wren and the bluebird may be encouraged by similar accommodations . But as these two species are not ...
... crows from its vicinity by repeated annoyances . The custom of supplying martins with a shelter has of late . grown into disuse . The wren and the bluebird may be encouraged by similar accommodations . But as these two species are not ...
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... Cock frequently does before he crows , and as the male Pigeon does when after dalliance . with his mate he flies out exultingly a short distance from his perch . It is very difficult to obtain sight BIRDS OF THE PASTURE AND FOREST . 151.
... Cock frequently does before he crows , and as the male Pigeon does when after dalliance . with his mate he flies out exultingly a short distance from his perch . It is very difficult to obtain sight BIRDS OF THE PASTURE AND FOREST . 151.
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