. Un manuel populaire de l'ornithologie de l'Est de l'Amérique du Nord [microforme]. Les oiseaux ; ornithologie ; Oiseaux ; Ornithologie. ,Vn et gris ; vinE;s, sombre avec des bars uf l)arts wliite : mâle rougeâtre, semblable à un ujxin rock hut ou |iii une ville, marron, ardoise, et • est d'arriver à la 1ère vue près de l'I semble être une pénétration jcky Montagnes, lewise observés 1(1 [les plus reculés de la région immédiate à rgia. Ils sont en scending Laihng round [inférieur pour capturer les insectes volants, hietly » de la grande nature, tels que les guêpes, coléoptères, papillons et. Vers le milieu de mai, ou plus tard, la femelle choisit un endroit ouvert

• Contributeur: Library Book Collection / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: RJ2711
• Taille du fichier: 7,2 MB (260,4 KB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 1214 x 2060 px | 20,6 x 34,9 cm | 8,1 x 13,7 inches | 150dpi

Informations supplémentaires

Cette image appartient au domaine public, ce qui signifie que le droit d’auteur a expiré ou que le titulaire du droit d’auteur a renoncé à ses droits. Les frais facturés par Alamy couvrent l’accès à la copie haute résolution de l’image.

Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. , vn and gray ; vinE;s dusky, with bars uf l)arts reddish wliite male : similar, hut laid ujxin a rock or |iii a city, brown, slate, and • Is arrive in the 1st seen near the I appears to be a they penetrate jcky Mountains, lewise observed 1(1 the remotest [diate region to rgia. They are Laihng round in [scending lower to capture flying insects, « hietly of the larger kind, such as wasps, beetles, and moths. About the middle of May, or later, the female selects some open spot in the woods, the corner of a corn-field or dry gravelly knoll, on which to deposit her eggs, which are only two, and committed to the hare ground, where, however, from the similarity of their tint with the soil, they are, in fact, more secure from obseration than if placed in a nest. Here the male and his mate reside during the i)eri(jd of incubation, roosting at a distance from each other on the ground or in the neighboring trees; an«l in consequence of the particular formation of their feet, like the rest of the genus, they roost or sit lengthwise on the branch. 1 )uring the progress of incubation the female is seen frequently, for some hours before nightfall, playing about in the air over the favorite spot, mounting in wide circles, occasionally pro- l)elled by alternate quick and slow vibrations of the wings, until at times he nearly aricends beyond the reach of sight, and is only known by his sharf) and sudden squeak, which greatly resembles the flying shriek of the towering .Swift. At other times he is seen suddenly to precipitate himself down- wards for 6o or 8o feet, and wheeling up again as rapitUy ; at which instant a hollow whirr, like the rapid turning of a spinning-wheel or a strong blowing into the bung-hole of an emjny hogshead, is heard, and supposed to be produced by the action of the air on the wings or in the 0|)en mouth of the bird. He then again moun

Recherche dans la banque de photos par tags

• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1890
• booksubjectbirds
• booksubjectorn