Proceedings: (1879), Том 19The Society, 1879 |
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... feathers ; a complete double circulation ; the two front limbs ( wings ) adapted for flying or swimming , the two back limbs ( legs ) adapted for walking or swimming ; respira- tion by lungs , which are connected with air cavities in ...
... feathers ; a complete double circulation ; the two front limbs ( wings ) adapted for flying or swimming , the two back limbs ( legs ) adapted for walking or swimming ; respira- tion by lungs , which are connected with air cavities in ...
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... feather notched , or else about as long as second . Limicolæ , F. dd . First wing feather not notched , much shorter ... feathers 12 ; primaries 9 or IO . Musical organs well developed . Young reared in the nest and fed by the parents ...
... feather notched , or else about as long as second . Limicolæ , F. dd . First wing feather not notched , much shorter ... feathers 12 ; primaries 9 or IO . Musical organs well developed . Young reared in the nest and fed by the parents ...
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... feathers . • Sylviida , III . c . First primary more than half the length of second ; large birds over eight inches long . ( Crows and jays . ) Corvida , XVIII . cc . First primary not more than half the length of second ; length less ...
... feathers . • Sylviida , III . c . First primary more than half the length of second ; large birds over eight inches long . ( Crows and jays . ) Corvida , XVIII . cc . First primary not more than half the length of second ; length less ...
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... . Mocking Birds . 8. M. POLYGLOTTUS , ( L. ) Boie . Mocking Bird . Ashy brown above ; wings blackish , with white wing bars ; tail dark , outer feathers white . As with other thrushes the sexes are similar . L. 91⁄2 ; W. 95.
... . Mocking Birds . 8. M. POLYGLOTTUS , ( L. ) Boie . Mocking Bird . Ashy brown above ; wings blackish , with white wing bars ; tail dark , outer feathers white . As with other thrushes the sexes are similar . L. 91⁄2 ; W. 95.
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... feathers white . T. 43 % ; W. 2 ; T. 214. A sprightly bird with a squeaky voice , " like a mouse with the toothache , " but a fine singer , for all that . A common migrant in May and September ; also , nesting in our heavy timber . Shot ...
... feathers white . T. 43 % ; W. 2 ; T. 214. A sprightly bird with a squeaky voice , " like a mouse with the toothache , " but a fine singer , for all that . A common migrant in May and September ; also , nesting in our heavy timber . Shot ...
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abundant annual apple trees ashy beautiful Ben Davis berries Best plate bill bill stout birds breast breeding brown catalpa cherries chestnut claw color Committee Common migrant common summer resident Coues crop crown cultivated currant Dessert district Dublin early eggs entomology favor female fruit Furnas grape green ground grow grower hardy head Hessian fly horticulturist Indiana Horticultural Society Indianapolis insects killed Lake Michigan larvæ List of fruits male Marion county meeting Michigan Nelson nest Northern Spy notched Ohio olive orchards peach pear Pippin plants plum plumage prairie rare Ratliff rump season second premium Secretary seedlings Slender sparrow species spring Springport stout strawberry streaked Striped Sub acid Sweet tail feathers Tarsus thrush varieties Vigorous vines W. H. Ragan W. H. Vance Warbler Winesap winter resident wood worm yellow yellowish young
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