The Auk, Volume 21American Ornithologists' Union, 1904 |
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A. O. U. model law abundant Albatrosses American Ornithologists April Audubon Society August bill bird law bird protection breeding Cañon coast colony color Columbia Committee common Dendroica Duck eggs feet flock Florida FLYCATCHER Garrett County Glorieta Grosbeak ground gulls HAWK heard Herons Horned Larks interest island July June Lake large numbers Laughing Gulls legislature Little Blue Herons male March marshes Mass migration miles Monroe County mountains North Yakima notes observed pair Parus Parus rufescens pine plumage present Prof record region River Rock rookeries rufescens season Secretary seen Sept Snowy Herons song southern Sparrow species specimens spring summer terns Thayer Fund Thrush tion trees Vireo Walla Walla County Warbler Warden system wardens were employed Washington WESTERN White Bluffs Whitman County WILLIAM winter resident WOODPECKER woods Yakima County Yakima River York City young birds
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Page 100 - t is a dull and endless strife : Come, hear the woodland Linnet, How sweet his music! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark ! how blithe the Throstle sing«! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the
Page 124 - east, State of Florida, be, and it is hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds.
Page 337 - had literally drunk himself to an everlasting sleep. Peace to his soul. I made a good sketch of his head as a present for his poor wife. On such occasions time flies very slow indeed, so much so that it looked as if it stood still, like the Hawk that poises over its prey.
Page 8 - All at once one lifts its closed wing and nibbles at the feathers beneath, or rarely, if in a hurry, quickly turns its head. The partner during this short performance, assumes a statuesque pose, and either looks mechanically from side to side, or snaps its bill loudly a few times.
Page 495 - The supreme control of the Catalogue is vested in an International Convention, which is to meet "in London in 1905, in 1910, and every tenth year afterwards, to reconsider, and, if necessary, to revise the regulations for carrying out the work of the Catalogue,
Page 309 - Game Laws for 1903. A Summary of the Provisions relating to Seasons, Shipment, Sale, and Licenses. By TS Palmer, Henry Oldys, and RW Williams, Jr., Assistants,
Page 393 - Guide to the | Birds of New England | and | Eastern New York | Containing a Key for each Season and short | Descriptions of over two hundred and | fifty Species with particular
Page 337 - correcting, re-arranging from my notes and measurements, and posting up ; particularly all my land birds. The great many errors I found in the work of Wilson astonished me. I try to speak of them with care, and as seldom as possible, knowing
Page 8 - Then the first bird (to the left of the picture) bows once, and pointing its head and beak straight upward, rises on its toes, puffs out its breast, and utters a prolonged, nasal, Ah-hhh, with a rapidly rising inflection,
Page 335 - 1821. I rose up early tormented by many disagreeable thoughts, again nearly without a cent, in a bustling city where no one cares a fig for a man in my situation.