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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... side of a thatched outhouse in the very heart of the village . A more exposed place for human view could not be ... sides . Not a sign was to be seen of the parent bird , not a note heard , yet I felt sure a pair of golden eyes were ...
... side of a thatched outhouse in the very heart of the village . A more exposed place for human view could not be ... sides . Not a sign was to be seen of the parent bird , not a note heard , yet I felt sure a pair of golden eyes were ...
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... side of the nest , and I could feel three eggs , and what I thought were some loose feathers . Imagine my surprise and fright upon withdrawing my finger at something flying out of the nest , directly into my face . It was the female . A ...
... side of the nest , and I could feel three eggs , and what I thought were some loose feathers . Imagine my surprise and fright upon withdrawing my finger at something flying out of the nest , directly into my face . It was the female . A ...
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... side . This side or nest is made spherical , with the mouth and neck standing out some two inches from it . The next ones lap on to it , others lap on to them , and so on . As soon as a shelf is formed large enough to hold the bird , it ...
... side . This side or nest is made spherical , with the mouth and neck standing out some two inches from it . The next ones lap on to it , others lap on to them , and so on . As soon as a shelf is formed large enough to hold the bird , it ...
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... side to side , taking a swift , irregular course , never very high , and suddenly drop down among the grass - tussocks , with their heads toward you . They are so quiet and so much the color of their surroundings that they are seen with ...
... side to side , taking a swift , irregular course , never very high , and suddenly drop down among the grass - tussocks , with their heads toward you . They are so quiet and so much the color of their surroundings that they are seen with ...
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... side , we obtained eleveu , and out of the lot only one was a male . At Hidalgo , we met occasionally solitary pairs in the thickets away from habitations . Their habits I found to be much like those of the Cardinal Redbird , only they ...
... side , we obtained eleveu , and out of the lot only one was a male . At Hidalgo , we met occasionally solitary pairs in the thickets away from habitations . Their habits I found to be much like those of the Cardinal Redbird , only they ...
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1873 Elliott Coues abdomen abundant Acad Amer American antennæ apex apical August basal base birds blackish border Bosque County breeding brown Brownsville Bull caudal fin Cham Cham.-Can Clem Clem.-Tin Coll Collector color Colorado convex Cope costal dark distinct dorsal fin eggs Elliott Coues elytra Esox extending fauna feet fore wings Frenchman's Creek fuscous Gelechia genera genus Girard head Hidalgo hind wings inch joint JORDAN Jour July June Kennt Larva larvæ Length List of specimens Locality longitudinal margin median middle Milk River Missouri Mouse River Nature of specimen nearly nest North oblique outer pale palpi Pembina Phila portion posterior prairie Proc prothorax punctured Quar Rafinesque region Rocky Mountains rounded seen side Skin slender species spine spots striæ surface Texas thorax tibiæ transverse Turtle Mountain upper Valley vein ventral