The birds of the west of Scotland, including the Outer HebridesThomas Murray & son., 1871 |
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... Macgillivray , and Mr Selby , nothing in a collected form on the Birds of Scotland has been brought under the notice of ornithologists . Many useful and interesting papers have no doubt appeared through various channels , but even the ...
... Macgillivray , and Mr Selby , nothing in a collected form on the Birds of Scotland has been brought under the notice of ornithologists . Many useful and interesting papers have no doubt appeared through various channels , but even the ...
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... MacGillivray mentions having found a Sea Eagle's nest in an island in a Hebridean lake , on a mound of rock not higher than could have been reached with a fishing - rod , and a similar eyrie existed many years ago in an island in Loch ...
... MacGillivray mentions having found a Sea Eagle's nest in an island in a Hebridean lake , on a mound of rock not higher than could have been reached with a fishing - rod , and a similar eyrie existed many years ago in an island in Loch ...
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... MacGillivray's " British Birds , " page 738 , the following statement occurs respecting this species : - " Mr Mac- kinnon informs me that this bird breeds on the main island of Since the above was written , I have been informed by ...
... MacGillivray's " British Birds , " page 738 , the following statement occurs respecting this species : - " Mr Mac- kinnon informs me that this bird breeds on the main island of Since the above was written , I have been informed by ...
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... MacGillivray , whose practical acquaintance with British birds was extensive , states that the male is 16 inches , and the female 191 ; but under the head " variations , " he says that the males measure from 16 to 18 inches , and ...
... MacGillivray , whose practical acquaintance with British birds was extensive , states that the male is 16 inches , and the female 191 ; but under the head " variations , " he says that the males measure from 16 to 18 inches , and ...
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... Macgillivray mentions in his work on British birds , that Mr Fenton of Edinburgh saw one which was shot in Forfarshire in 1825 , and I lately examined a very handsome and perfect speci- men at Glammis , in the same county , where it was ...
... Macgillivray mentions in his work on British birds , that Mr Fenton of Edinburgh saw one which was shot in Forfarshire in 1825 , and I lately examined a very handsome and perfect speci- men at Glammis , in the same county , where it was ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeenshire abundant Ailsa Craig Angus appears Argyleshire autumn Ayrshire Barra beautiful Benbecula Berwickshire breeding places breeding season British Birds Caithness Clyde coast colour common considerable numbers crow distance districts Dr Dewar Dr Saxby duck Dunbar dunlins eagle East Lothian Edinburgh eggs Elwes feathers feeding feet female Firth fish flight flying Forfarshire frequently Girvan Glasgow grey ground guillemot gulls habits Harvie Brown haunts hooded crow inches informed Inner Hebrides Iona Islay Kilda killed large flocks late localities Loch Lomond Macgillivray mainland male mentions Messrs Baikie migratory miles Mull neighbourhood nest North Uist notice numbers observed obtained occasionally occurred old birds Orkney ornithologist Outer Hebrides pairs perch plumage procured rare remarks rocks Sandpiper Scottish seen Shetland shire shores shot Sinclair Skye South Uist species specimen spot summer Sutherlandshire trees visited West of Scotland western counties Wigtownshire wing winter woods young birds
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Página 122 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow The world should listen then — as I am listening now.
Página 76 - With joy — and oft an unintruding guest, I watched her secret toils from day to day How true she warped the moss to form her nest, And modelled it within with wood and clay. And by and by, like heath-bells gilt with dew, There lay her shining eggs as bright as flowers, Ink-spotted over, shells of green and blue; And there I witnessed, in the summer hours, A brood of nature's minstrels chirp and fly, Glad as the sunshine and the laughing sky.
Página 53 - A cloud lay cradled near the setting sun, A gleam of crimson tinged its braided snow : Long had I watched the glory moving on O'er the still radiance of the Lake below. Tranquil its spirit seemed, and floated slow .' Even in its very motion there was rest : While every breath of eve that chanced to blow, Wafted the traveller to the beauteous West.
Página 76 - Within a thick and spreading hawthorn bush, That overhung a molehill large and round, I heard from morn to morn a merry thrush Sing hymns of rapture, while I drank the sound With...
Página 453 - Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise; Ay me ! whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurled; Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world...
Página 272 - In an upright position, it measures, when fully grown, about three feet six inches to the top of the head ; and its length, from the point of the bill to the tip of the tail, is about three feet.
Página 456 - Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant...
Página 374 - ... a bright light blue; primaries dusky brown; secondaries black; speculum or beauty spot rich green ; tertials, edged with black or light blue, and streaked down their middle with white; the tail, which is pointed, extends two inches beyond the wings; legs and feet yellow, the latter very small; the two crescents of white before the eyes meet OH the throat.
Página 53 - O'er the still radiance of the lake below : Tranquil its spirit seemed and floated slow ; Even in its very motion there was rest ; While every breath of eve that chanced to blow Wafted the traveller to the beauteous West — Emblem...
Página 354 - It is highly probable that they extend their migrations under the very pole itself, amid the silent desolation of unknown countries, shut out ever since creation from the prying eye of man by everlasting and insuperable barriers of ice.