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Our Summer Migrants

by James Edmund Harting

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Author
Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928
Title
Our Summer Migrants An Account of the Migratory Birds Which Pass the Summer in the British Islands.
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QL: Science: Zoology
Subject
Birds -- Great Britain
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 59567
Release Date
May 21, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. — OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.THE WHEATEAR. ( Saxicola œnanthe. )
  5. 5.THE WHINCHAT. ( Saxicola rubetra. )
  6. 6.THE STONECHAT. ( Saxicola rubicola. )
  7. 7.THE WOOD WARBLER. ( Phylloscopus sibilatrix. )
  8. 8.THE WILLOW WARBLER. ( Phylloscopus trochilus. )
  9. 9.THE CHIFF-CHAFF. ( Phylloscopus rufa. )
  10. 10.THE NIGHTINGALE. ( Philomela luscinia. )
  11. 11.THE BLACKCAP. ( Sylvia atricapilla. )
  12. 12.THE ORPHEAN WARBLER. ( Sylvia orphea. )
  13. 13.THE GARDEN WARBLER. ( Sylvia hortensis. )
  14. 14.THE COMMON WHITETHROAT. ( Sylvia cinerea. )
  15. 15.THE LESSER WHITETHROAT. ( Sylvia sylviella. )
  16. 16.THE REDSTART. ( Ruticilla phœicura. )
  17. 17.THE SEDGE WARBLER. ( Salicaria phragmitis. )
  18. 18.THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. ( Salicaria locustella. )
  19. 19.SAVI’S WARBLER. ( Salicaria luscinoides. )
  20. 20.THE AQUATIC WARBLER. ( Salicaria aquatica. )
  21. 21.THE MARSH WARBLER. ( Salicaria palustris. )
  22. 22.THE GREAT REED WARBLER. ( Salicaria arundinacea. )
  23. 23.THE RUFOUS WARBLER. ( Aedon galactodes. )
  24. 24.THE PIED WAGTAIL. ( Motacilla Yarrelli. )
  25. 25.THE WHITE WAGTAIL. ( Motacilla alba. )
  26. 26.THE GREY WAGTAIL. ( Motacilla sulphurea. )
  27. 27.THE YELLOW WAGTAIL. ( Motacilla Rayi. )
  28. 28.THE GREY-HEADED WAGTAIL. ( Motacilla flava. )
  29. 29.THE MEADOW PIPIT. ( Anthus pratensis. )
  30. 30.THE ROCK PIPIT. ( Anthus obscurus. )
  31. 31.THE TREE PIPIT. ( Anthus arboreus. )
  32. 32.THE WATER PIPIT. ( Anthus spinoletta. )
  33. 33.RICHARD’S PIPIT. ( Anthus Richardi. )
  34. 34.THE TAWNY PIPIT. ( Anthus campestris. )
  35. 35.THE PENNSYLVANIAN PIPIT. ( Anthus ludovicianus. )
  36. 36.THE RED-THROATED PIPIT. ( Anthus cervinus. )
  37. 37.THE SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. ( Muscicapa grisola. )
  38. 38.THE PIED FLYCATCHER. ( Muscicapa atricapilla. )
  39. 39.THE SWALLOW. ( Hirundo rustica. )
  40. 40.THE MARTIN. ( Hirundo urbica. )
  41. 41.THE SAND MARTIN. ( Cotyle riparia. )
  42. 42.THE COMMON SWIFT. ( Cypselus apus. )
  43. 43.THE ALPINE SWIFT. ( Cypselus alpinus. )
  44. 44.THE NIGHTJAR. ( Caprimulgus europæus. )
  45. 45.THE CUCKOO. ( Cuculus canorus. )
  46. 46.THE WRYNECK. ( Jynx torquilla. )
  47. 47.THE HOOPOE. ( Upupa epops. )
  48. 48.THE GOLDEN ORIOLE. ( Oriolus galbula. )
  49. 49.THE RED-BACKED SHRIKE. ( Lanius collurio. )
  50. 50.THE TURTLE-DOVE. ( Turtur auritus. )
  51. 51.THE LANDRAIL OR CORNCRAKE. ( Crex pratensis. )
  52. 52.GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
  53. 53.CONCLUSION.
  54. 54.FOOTNOTES.
  55. 55.INDEX. — THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF SELBORNE, IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON.
  56. 56.Transcriber’s Notes

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