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But a clergyman , of an inquisitive turn , assures me , that when he was a great
boy , some workmen , in pulling down the battlements of a church tower early in
the spring , found two or three swifts ( hirundines apodes ) among the rubbish ...
But a clergyman , of an inquisitive turn , assures me , that when he was a great
boy , some workmen , in pulling down the battlements of a church tower early in
the spring , found two or three swifts ( hirundines apodes ) among the rubbish ...
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How strange it is , that the swift , which seems to live exactly the same life with the
swallow and house - martin , should leave us before the middle of August
invariably ! while the latter stay often till the middle of October ; and once I saw ...
How strange it is , that the swift , which seems to live exactly the same life with the
swallow and house - martin , should leave us before the middle of August
invariably ! while the latter stay often till the middle of October ; and once I saw ...
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The last swift I observed was about the 21st of August : it was a straggler .
Redstarts , fly - catchers , white - throats , and reguli non cristati , still appear ; but
I have seen no black - caps lately . I forgot to mention , that I once saw in Christ
Church ...
The last swift I observed was about the 21st of August : it was a straggler .
Redstarts , fly - catchers , white - throats , and reguli non cristati , still appear ; but
I have seen no black - caps lately . I forgot to mention , that I once saw in Christ
Church ...
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He says that young swifts , the moment they leave the nest , have often occasion
to make the great migration , and that the various species of hirundines remain in
their nests till they are more completely feathered than other birds . Thus when ...
He says that young swifts , the moment they leave the nest , have often occasion
to make the great migration , and that the various species of hirundines remain in
their nests till they are more completely feathered than other birds . Thus when ...
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Middle willow - wren , Motacilla trochilus . Swift , Hirundo apus . Stone curlew ?
Charadrius ædicnemus ? Turtle - dove ? Turtur aldrovandi ? Grasshopper lark ,
Alauda trivialis . Landrail , Rallus crex . Largest willow - wren , Motacilla trochilus
.
Middle willow - wren , Motacilla trochilus . Swift , Hirundo apus . Stone curlew ?
Charadrius ædicnemus ? Turtle - dove ? Turtur aldrovandi ? Grasshopper lark ,
Alauda trivialis . Landrail , Rallus crex . Largest willow - wren , Motacilla trochilus
.
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