Carlisle Dottrels seldom make their appearance before the middle of May, about which time they are occasionally seen in different localities, in flocks which vary in number from five to fifteen, and almost invariably resort to heaths, barren pastures,... The Magazine of Natural History - Página 301editado por - 1838Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Prideaux John Selby, William Jardine - 1837 - 664 páginas
...number from four to fifteen, and almost invariably resort to heaths, barren pastures, fallow ground, &c. in open and exposed situations, where they continue...particularly those that are densely covered with the woolly fringe moss (Trichostomum lanuginosum, Hedw. ) which, indeed, grows more or less profusely on nearly... | |
| William Jardine - 1842 - 452 páginas
...Carlisle, about the middle of May, where they continue for ten days or a fortnight before retiring to mountains, in the vicinity of the lakes, to breed. " The most favourite breeding haunts are always near to, or on the summits of the highest mountains, particularly those that are densely... | |
| William Chapman Hewitson - 1846 - 434 páginas
...different localities, in flocks which vary in number from five to fifteen, and almost invariably resort to heaths, barren pastures, fallow grounds, &c., in...vicinity of the lakes to breed. The most favourite breeding-places of these birds are always near to, or o1 the summits of, the highest mountains, particularly... | |
| William Macgillivray - 1852 - 750 páginas
...different localities, in flocks which vary in number from five to fifteen, and almost invariably resort to heaths, barren pastures, fallow grounds, &c., in...particularly those that are densely covered with the woolly fringe moss (Trichostomum lanuginosum, Hedw.), which indeed grows more or less profusely on nearly... | |
| William Jardine - 1866 - 498 páginas
...Carlisle, about the middle of May, where they continue for ten days or a fortnight before retiring to mountains, in the vicinity of the lakes, to breed. " The most favourite breeding haunts are always near to, or on the summits of the highest mountains, particularly those that are densely... | |
| sir William Jardine (bart.) - 1876 - 498 páginas
...Carlisle, about the middle of May, where they continue for ten days or a fortnight before retiring to mountains, in the vicinity of the lakes, to breed. " The most favourite breeding haunts are always near to, or on the summits of the highest mountains, particularly those that are densely... | |
| William Yarrell - 1884 - 728 páginas
...different localities, in flocks which vary in number from five to fifteen, and almost invariably resort to heaths, barren pastures, fallow grounds, &c., in...vicinity of the lakes to breed. The most favourite breeding-haunts of these birds are always near to or on the summits of the highest mountains, particularly... | |
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