Download or read book Separates of Elliott Coues written by Elliott Coues and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Separates of Elliott Coues Birds and Mammals written by Elliott Coues and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 edition. Excerpt: ... become acceptable to it; but it has hardly as yet had an opportunity for the cultivation of a taste for these productions. In early spring it feeds very extensively on the tender, fresh buds of young willows; and then the salicine in these communicates more or less of a bitter flavour to the flesh, just as, in Labrador, I have found the flesh of the Canace canadensis and Lagopus albus greatly injured in flavour by the resinous buds on which they feed during spring and summer. I have heard three distinct notes from Lophortyw gambeli, and only three, though there may be more. The first is the common cry, uttered on all occasions of alarm, or to call or keep a bevy together. It is a single, mellow, clear " chink," with somewhat of a metallic resonance, quickly repeated an indefinite number of times. I may remark, by the way, that it is so exactly similar to the common note of Guiraca melanocqzkala, that I have been more than once deceived. The next kind is a clear, loud, energetic whistle, resembling, to my ear, the syllables " killink, kill link." This is chiefly heard during the pairing-season, when the male in some secluded spot is busy paying his addresses to and trying to win the favour of his chosen partner. It is analogous to the " bob-white " that has earned for Ortyw virginianus its popular appellation. The last note is the " song " proper of the species, though, if song it be called, it is so entirely upon the principle of laws a non lucendo; for anything more unmusical can hardly be imagined. It is uttered, I believe, only by the male, and only, I am also of opinion, when the female is incubating, or attending to a very young brood. At sunrise and sunset the song is cheerfully...
Download or read book In Memoriam Elliott Coues Born 9th Sept 1842 Died 25th Dec 1899 written by Daniel Giraud Elliot and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Biological Survey of the Pribilof Islands Alaska written by United States. Bureau of Biological Survey and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes region and life zone relations of species found on Pribilof Islands, Alaska: I. Birds and Mammals. II. Insects, arachnids, and chilopods.
Download or read book Key to North American Birds written by Elliott Coues and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first part contains information on collecting, preserving and preparing birds; classification and anatomy. The remainder of the work contains descriptions down to species, identification keys and illustrations, mainly black and white. Technical, classical work. Indexed. Published 1903.
Download or read book A Biological Survey of Alabama written by Arthur Holmes Howell and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly discusses physiography, life zones, and mammals of Alabama. Provides an annotated species list of mammals.
Download or read book The Rice Rats of North America written by Edward Alphonso Goldman and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses habits, economic status, morphology, variation, history, and specimens of North American rice rats. Provides a key and descriptions for species and subspecies
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Download or read book Key to North American Birds Containing a Concise Account of Every Species of Living and Fossil Bird at Present Known from the Continent North of the Mexican and United States Boundary Etc written by Elliott Coues and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists written by George A. Cevasco and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1997-12-09 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casting a wide net, this volume provides personal and professional information on some 445 American and Canadian naturalists and environmentalists, who lived from the late 15th century to the late 20th century. It includes explorers who published works on the natural history of North America, conservationists, ecologists, environmentalists, wildlife management specialists, park planners, national park administrators, zoologists, botanists, natural historians, geographers, geologists, academics, museum scientists and administrators, military personnel, travellers, government officials, political figures and writers and artists concerned with the environment. Some of the subjects are well known. The accomplishments of others are little known. Each entry contains a succinct but careful evaluation of the subject's career and contributions. Entries also include up-to-date bibliographies and information concerning manuscript sources.
Download or read book Bird lore written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 5-28 include its educational leaflets.
