The Quarterly Review, Volume 274, Issue 544John Murray, 1940 - English literature |
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Page 221
... winter - visitors inhabit our towns . The starling population showed its first falling off in numbers in the second week of March , the temperature having steadily increased since the last week of February and the wind had changed from ...
... winter - visitors inhabit our towns . The starling population showed its first falling off in numbers in the second week of March , the temperature having steadily increased since the last week of February and the wind had changed from ...
Page 223
... winter quarters ; and whereas most of our common terns winter in South Africa , especially Natal , the bulk of our larger Sandwich terns winter in West Africa . This shorter journey of the Sandwich terns no doubt explains their earlier ...
... winter quarters ; and whereas most of our common terns winter in South Africa , especially Natal , the bulk of our larger Sandwich terns winter in West Africa . This shorter journey of the Sandwich terns no doubt explains their earlier ...
Page 224
... winter visitors are from the Baltic countries . Young starlings ringed in North Europe , recovered in this country in winter , and released again have been recovered once more at the same place where they originally nested , although ...
... winter visitors are from the Baltic countries . Young starlings ringed in North Europe , recovered in this country in winter , and released again have been recovered once more at the same place where they originally nested , although ...
Contents
ART PAGE 1 Old Germanies for New | 189 |
A Plea for Social History | 203 |
Two GENERATIONS AT WAR By Sir Charles Petrie | 204 |
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