Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4. köide,1–4. numberU.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 |
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... border , I found the Texas Thrasher next to the Mockingbird in point of numbers . Usually they keep out of the sight of man , even when their home is invaded and the bird driven from the nest . I do not remember of their making any cry ...
... border , I found the Texas Thrasher next to the Mockingbird in point of numbers . Usually they keep out of the sight of man , even when their home is invaded and the bird driven from the nest . I do not remember of their making any cry ...
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... border . I did not come upon their nests to know them , but I have a few sets that may prove to be theirs . The birds are easily distinguished from others of that section , if not alone by their steel - blue heads , certainly by their ...
... border . I did not come upon their nests to know them , but I have a few sets that may prove to be theirs . The birds are easily distinguished from others of that section , if not alone by their steel - blue heads , certainly by their ...
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... border . If it were otherwise we should have seen much more of it , for it fre- quents just such places as we were in the habit of visiting almost daily , and its brilliant colors would certainly assist us in observing it . The few that ...
... border . If it were otherwise we should have seen much more of it , for it fre- quents just such places as we were in the habit of visiting almost daily , and its brilliant colors would certainly assist us in observing it . The few that ...
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... border of a woods . The bird was seen ; the nest con- tained one addled egg . On May 8th , at Lomita Ranche , a few miles above Hidalgo , in the fine grove of ebonies in the rear of the buildings of the ranche . I found two nests . Both ...
... border of a woods . The bird was seen ; the nest con- tained one addled egg . On May 8th , at Lomita Ranche , a few miles above Hidalgo , in the fine grove of ebonies in the rear of the buildings of the ranche . I found two nests . Both ...
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... border only in winter , and of which I did not obtain speci- mens . From the 28th of February until the 20th of March we were principally among the water birds . The birds of the North were moult- ing , and those from Mexico were just ...
... border only in winter , and of which I did not obtain speci- mens . From the 28th of February until the 20th of March we were principally among the water birds . The birds of the North were moult- ing , and those from Mexico were just ...
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