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The Handbook of British Birds

, Volume 1
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H. F. & G. Witherby Limited, 1938 - Birds

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Contents

Section 1
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Section 2
2
Section 3
3
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12 measured acquired by complete ADULT FEMALE Asia autumn axillaries B.W.T. Field-characters belly bill from skull birds black-brown breast breeding Brit British brown-black browner buffish-white centre Characters and allied chestnut Coleoptera complete moult conifers crown dark brown Diptera ear-coverts edged eggs emarginated outer webs especially F.C.R.J. Description.—ADULT MALE feathers flanks fore-head fringed greater coverts grey H.F.W. Characters H.F.W. Distribution H.F.W. PLATE Handb Hebrides inner secondaries inner webs juvenile larvae Lepidoptera less lesser coverts Lesser Redpoll Linnaeus longest mandible mantle MEASUREMENTS AND STRUCTURE.—<J median coverts moult nape nest numbers occasionally Orthoptera pair pale buff paler plumage plumage is acquired Pract primary-coverts Red-throated Pipit remiges rump Russia scapulars Sept Shetlands shorter Siberia sides of head sides of neck SOFT PARTS.—Bill sometimes spots streaked STRUCTURE.—<J wing Sweden tail-feathers tarsus tinged trees under-parts upper tail-coverts upper-breast upper-parts usually Wagtail whitish wing-coverts wing-feathers wings and tail winter Yarrell yellow Yellow Bunting Yellow Wagtail

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TitleThe Handbook of British Birds, Volume 1
The Handbook of British Birds, The Handbook of British Birds
AuthorsFrancis Charles Robert Jourdain, Norman Frederic Ticehurst, Bernard William Tucker
EditorHarry Forbes Witherby
PublisherH. F. & G. Witherby Limited, 1938
Original fromCornell University
Digitized23 Mar 2009
  
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