Author: Elliott Coues
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Separates of Elliott Coues
Author: Elliott Coues
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Separates of Elliott Coues; Birds and Mammals
Author: Elliott Coues
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230110448
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Languages : en
Pages : 134
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... become acceptable to it; but it has hardly as yet had an opportunity for the cultivation of a taste for these productions. In early spring it feeds very extensively on the tender, fresh buds of young willows; and then the salicine in these communicates more or less of a bitter flavour to the flesh, just as, in Labrador, I have found the flesh of the Canace canadensis and Lagopus albus greatly injured in flavour by the resinous buds on which they feed during spring and summer. I have heard three distinct notes from Lophortyw gambeli, and only three, though there may be more. The first is the common cry, uttered on all occasions of alarm, or to call or keep a bevy together. It is a single, mellow, clear " chink," with somewhat of a metallic resonance, quickly repeated an indefinite number of times. I may remark, by the way, that it is so exactly similar to the common note of Guiraca melanocqzkala, that I have been more than once deceived. The next kind is a clear, loud, energetic whistle, resembling, to my ear, the syllables " killink, kill link." This is chiefly heard during the pairing-season, when the male in some secluded spot is busy paying his addresses to and trying to win the favour of his chosen partner. It is analogous to the " bob-white " that has earned for Ortyw virginianus its popular appellation. The last note is the " song " proper of the species, though, if song it be called, it is so entirely upon the principle of laws a non lucendo; for anything more unmusical can hardly be imagined. It is uttered, I believe, only by the male, and only, I am also of opinion, when the female is incubating, or attending to a very young brood. At sunrise and sunset the song is cheerfully...
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230110448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... become acceptable to it; but it has hardly as yet had an opportunity for the cultivation of a taste for these productions. In early spring it feeds very extensively on the tender, fresh buds of young willows; and then the salicine in these communicates more or less of a bitter flavour to the flesh, just as, in Labrador, I have found the flesh of the Canace canadensis and Lagopus albus greatly injured in flavour by the resinous buds on which they feed during spring and summer. I have heard three distinct notes from Lophortyw gambeli, and only three, though there may be more. The first is the common cry, uttered on all occasions of alarm, or to call or keep a bevy together. It is a single, mellow, clear " chink," with somewhat of a metallic resonance, quickly repeated an indefinite number of times. I may remark, by the way, that it is so exactly similar to the common note of Guiraca melanocqzkala, that I have been more than once deceived. The next kind is a clear, loud, energetic whistle, resembling, to my ear, the syllables " killink, kill link." This is chiefly heard during the pairing-season, when the male in some secluded spot is busy paying his addresses to and trying to win the favour of his chosen partner. It is analogous to the " bob-white " that has earned for Ortyw virginianus its popular appellation. The last note is the " song " proper of the species, though, if song it be called, it is so entirely upon the principle of laws a non lucendo; for anything more unmusical can hardly be imagined. It is uttered, I believe, only by the male, and only, I am also of opinion, when the female is incubating, or attending to a very young brood. At sunrise and sunset the song is cheerfully...
In Memoriam: Elliott Coues. Born 9th Sept. 1842 - Died 25th Dec., 1899
Author: Daniel Giraud Elliot
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Category : Ornithologists
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Category : Ornithologists
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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The Standard Natural History
Author: John Sterling Kingsley
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 634
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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A Biological Survey of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Author: United States. Bureau of Biological Survey
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Category : Insects
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Describes region and life zone relations of species found on Pribilof Islands, Alaska: I. Birds and Mammals. II. Insects, arachnids, and chilopods.
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Category : Insects
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Describes region and life zone relations of species found on Pribilof Islands, Alaska: I. Birds and Mammals. II. Insects, arachnids, and chilopods.
Key to North American Birds
Author: Elliott Coues
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The first part contains information on collecting, preserving and preparing birds; classification and anatomy. The remainder of the work contains descriptions down to species, identification keys and illustrations, mainly black and white. Technical, classical work. Indexed. Published 1903.
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The first part contains information on collecting, preserving and preparing birds; classification and anatomy. The remainder of the work contains descriptions down to species, identification keys and illustrations, mainly black and white. Technical, classical work. Indexed. Published 1903.
A Biological Survey of Alabama
Author: Arthur Holmes Howell
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Briefly discusses physiography, life zones, and mammals of Alabama. Provides an annotated species list of mammals.
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
Briefly discusses physiography, life zones, and mammals of Alabama. Provides an annotated species list of mammals.
The Rice Rats of North America
Author: Edward Alphonso Goldman
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Category : Muridae
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Discusses habits, economic status, morphology, variation, history, and specimens of North American rice rats. Provides a key and descriptions for species and subspecies
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Category : Muridae
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Discusses habits, economic status, morphology, variation, history, and specimens of North American rice rats. Provides a key and descriptions for species and subspecies
North American Fauna
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 870
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