The birds of the British Isles and their eggs

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Identifier: birdsofbritishis00cowa (find matches)
Title: The birds of the British Isles and their eggs
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Coward, T. A. (Thomas Alfred), 1867-1933
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain Birds -- Eggs Great Britain
Publisher: London New York : F. Warne
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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PL 71. Dartfopd Warbler at nest. M 171. SAVrS GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. 171 redder birds are males, those more olive females ; others thatthis is individual variation. Length, 5*4 ins. Wing, 24 ins.Tarsus 8 in. Lanceolated or Temmincks Grasshopper-Warbler. Locustella lanceolata (Temm.). This small Grasshopper-Warbler, distinguished by its moredecided streaks and by the spots on its under parts being on anearly white ground, is a Siberian bird which winters in China,Borneo and India. In the autumn of 1909 one was obtained onthe Lincolnshire coast, and it was subsequently discovered thata bird taken on Fair Island in the previous autumn was of thesame species ; in 1910 it was recognised in Orkney. Mr. CatonHaigh, describing his Lincolnshire bird, says that the bill washorn-coloured, yellow at the base of the lower mandible, andthat the legs and feet were white, with a very faint tinge offlesh colour. Length, 475 ins. Wing, 2-2 ins. Tarsus 7 in. Pallas Grasshopper-Warbler. Locustellacerthiola

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