Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page 103
... extensive group of fruit - pigeons , which , in their general green colours adorned with patches and bands of purple , white , blue , or orange , almost rival the parrot tribe ; while the golden - green Nicobar pigeon , the great ...
... extensive group of fruit - pigeons , which , in their general green colours adorned with patches and bands of purple , white , blue , or orange , almost rival the parrot tribe ; while the golden - green Nicobar pigeon , the great ...
Page 104
... extensive . All are either wholly or mainly tropical , only two of the families - the wood- peckers and the kingfishers - having a few representa- tives which are permanent residents in the temperate regions ; while our summer visitor ...
... extensive . All are either wholly or mainly tropical , only two of the families - the wood- peckers and the kingfishers - having a few representa- tives which are permanent residents in the temperate regions ; while our summer visitor ...
Page 136
... extensive group of small brown hum- ming - birds , forming the sub - family Phaethornithinæ , which rarely or never visit flowers , but frequent the shady recesses of the forest , where they hunt for minute insects . They dart about ...
... extensive group of small brown hum- ming - birds , forming the sub - family Phaethornithinæ , which rarely or never visit flowers , but frequent the shady recesses of the forest , where they hunt for minute insects . They dart about ...
Page 140
... extensive , have no humming - birds ; neither have the Falkland islands , and the reason seems to be that both these groups are deficient in forest , and in fact have hardly any trees or large shrubs , while there is a great paucity of ...
... extensive , have no humming - birds ; neither have the Falkland islands , and the reason seems to be that both these groups are deficient in forest , and in fact have hardly any trees or large shrubs , while there is a great paucity of ...
Page 155
... the pollen of flowers . The little white - eyes ( Zosterops ) , which are probably allied to the last , eat soft fruits and minute insects . Here then we have an extensive group of birds , SUN - BIRDS AND HUMMING - BIRDS . 155.
... the pollen of flowers . The little white - eyes ( Zosterops ) , which are probably allied to the last , eat soft fruits and minute insects . Here then we have an extensive group of birds , SUN - BIRDS AND HUMMING - BIRDS . 155.
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