BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY; CONTAINING PORTRAITS OF ALL THE BRITISH BIRDS. VOL 2. |
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J. HUNT. continue till the young are able to fly , when they leave together . The young males very much resemble during the first year the old females , but may be distinguished from them by having their legs and toes of a brighter red ...
J. HUNT. continue till the young are able to fly , when they leave together . The young males very much resemble during the first year the old females , but may be distinguished from them by having their legs and toes of a brighter red ...
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... young males have the belly of a purer white than the young of the other sex . The young after moulting lose the white spot at the base of the beak , or have it very faint ; the crest is now apparent , and 2 U 345 The crest of the old ...
... young males have the belly of a purer white than the young of the other sex . The young after moulting lose the white spot at the base of the beak , or have it very faint ; the crest is now apparent , and 2 U 345 The crest of the old ...
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... young males of this species , are with dif- ficulty distinguished from those of the Red- breasted Merganser , but they will not be mistaken if attention be paid to the shape and colour of the speculum upon the wings , which in this , is ...
... young males of this species , are with dif- ficulty distinguished from those of the Red- breasted Merganser , but they will not be mistaken if attention be paid to the shape and colour of the speculum upon the wings , which in this , is ...
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appears ash-coloured authors beak Bee-eater belly Bewick bill breast breed British brown Buffon Canada Goose Carrion Crow cinereous coast colour common Corvus crest Crow Cuckow decoy diving dusky edged eggs Egyptian Goose Eider Duck Europe eyes feathers feed feet female ferruginous fish flesh flocks fowl frequently Garganey Geese genus Gmelin Goosander Goose Greater Spotted Woodpecker green Green Woodpecker hatched head hole Hoopoe Hudson's Bay inches in length inhabitants insects Isles killed Lath Latham lays legs Merganser Mergus middle Mont Montagu moulting neck nest observed old birds pair Pennant Picus Pintail plate plumage PROVINCIAL Raven Red-breasted Red-breasted Merganser resemble Rooks says season seen sides singular sometimes specimen Spotted Woodpecker Swan tail taken Teal Temminck tongue trachea trees Tufted Duck twenty upper whole Wigeon Wild wings winter wood young males