The Quarterly Review, Volume 289William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1951 - English literature |
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Young birds are less reliable than second- or third - year birds and losses occur mostly in the ' Young Bird Races ' of August and September , for some birds go astray and join passing flocks , and become involved in their journey ...
Young birds are less reliable than second- or third - year birds and losses occur mostly in the ' Young Bird Races ' of August and September , for some birds go astray and join passing flocks , and become involved in their journey ...
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flying through fog were of birds released from ships or aeroplanes at sea , when , as is usual in low visibility , the birds flew low over the sea , and trying to settle on the water they found this impossible and continued until land ...
flying through fog were of birds released from ships or aeroplanes at sea , when , as is usual in low visibility , the birds flew low over the sea , and trying to settle on the water they found this impossible and continued until land ...
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In further experiments he transported 500 birds , already trained to a loft at one site , to the same mobile loft now moved to another site 1,000 miles away and calculated to have the same magnetic - coriolis characteristic as had the ...
In further experiments he transported 500 birds , already trained to a loft at one site , to the same mobile loft now moved to another site 1,000 miles away and calculated to have the same magnetic - coriolis characteristic as had the ...
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