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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... seen about May 1 . * 30--10.50 x 15.00 x 4.62 x 4.87 . Mar. 9 , Corpus Christi . HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS LONGIROSTRIS , ( Lafr . ) Cs . - Long - billed Thrush . Of the Thrushes on our extreme southern border , I found the Texas Thrasher ...
... seen about May 1 . * 30--10.50 x 15.00 x 4.62 x 4.87 . Mar. 9 , Corpus Christi . HARPORHYNCHUS RUFUS LONGIROSTRIS , ( Lafr . ) Cs . - Long - billed Thrush . Of the Thrushes on our extreme southern border , I found the Texas Thrasher ...
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... seen , is not so common as H. longiros tris ( Long - billed Thrush ) , and is readily distinguished from it . I did not meet with it until we reached Brownsville , on March 20th . The very first day at that place , it was seen about the ...
... seen , is not so common as H. longiros tris ( Long - billed Thrush ) , and is readily distinguished from it . I did not meet with it until we reached Brownsville , on March 20th . The very first day at that place , it was seen about the ...
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... seen . The nest was composed of twigs from the size of a lead - pencil down , and lined with dry grasses . This description will apply to the several others found , with this difference : some were smaller , and in this instance greater ...
... seen . The nest was composed of twigs from the size of a lead - pencil down , and lined with dry grasses . This description will apply to the several others found , with this difference : some were smaller , and in this instance greater ...
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... seen at this time , but not obtained . I think I never saw birds so difficult to distinguish and shoot , although I was sure they were somewhere about under my very eyes . Of their habits I could see little or nothing . I think this ...
... seen at this time , but not obtained . I think I never saw birds so difficult to distinguish and shoot , although I was sure they were somewhere about under my very eyes . Of their habits I could see little or nothing . I think this ...
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... seen usually in little groups of three or four . They are by no means shy , but frequenting , as they do , the woods , cannot be readily seen . Dr. Merrill writes me from Fort Brown that in July he found the nest and three young of what ...
... seen usually in little groups of three or four . They are by no means shy , but frequenting , as they do , the woods , cannot be readily seen . Dr. Merrill writes me from Fort Brown that in July he found the nest and three young of what ...
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