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Image from page 130 of “Ornithological rambles in Sussex; with a systematic catalogue of the birds of that county, and remarks on their local distribution. By A. E. Knox” (1855) – The Great Fish River Museum

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Title: Ornithological rambles in Sussex; with a systematic catalogue of the birds of that county, and remarks on their local distribution. By A. E. Knox
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Knox, Arthur Edward
Subjects: Birds — England Sussex
Publisher: London, J. Van Voorst
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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e in the surrounding woods, andthe fishing, being strictly preserved, these birdsdwell here in comparative security; and as thewaters furnish them with an abundant supply oftheir natural food, they have no inducement towander beyond the precincts of the park. Great,then, is the general consternation, when the duck-hawk*—as the old keeper calls him—makes hisappearance. Taking up his position on a tall firtree commanding a view of the pond, he selectsa victim from the terrified flock as they fly hur-riedly along, dashes after it with incredible swift-ness, sweeps it almost from the surface of thewater, and disappears with it among the neigh-bouring reed-beds, while its companions, suddenlyveering round, return again, as if unwilling toquit the spot which has so long afforded them asafe asylum; but after a day or two they becomethoroughly scared, and may be found among thebrooks in the open country; indeed, the first in- * The name by which the peregrine is also known inAmerica. CO I

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SHOOTING A FRIEND FOR A FOE. Ill timation I have frequently received of the pre-sence of the peregrine at Burton, has been thesudden appearance of several wisps of snipe/even in open weather, among the low meadows ata considerable distance; and little parties of tealand wild ducks congregating at every turn ofthe river, where the high banks afforded thema chance of concealment, and where, though com-paratively exposed to greater danger, they mightbe found until the death or expulsion of the ene-my from their old quarters. Specimens of this falcon have been shot nearLewes, Newhaven, Seaford, Pevensey, and Rye,in the eastern, and in the neighbourhood of Chi-chester, Petworth, and Arundel, in the westerndivision of the county. It has also occurred oc-casionally, though rarely, in the wooded portionof the weald. A friend of mine has one in hispossession which was shot in that part of thecountry by a farmer, who mistook it for a wood-pigeon, immense flocks of which abound thereduring the a

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Image from page 54 of “The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits” (1916) – The Great Fish River Museum

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Title: The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Evans, Arthur Humble, 1872-
Subjects: Birds — Great Britain
Publisher: Cambridge : University Press
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Dipper water, where it uses its legs and wings below the surface.Naturally it is not suited by our southern and easterncounties, but it is found from Cornwall and Walesnorthward to the Orkneys, and also in Ireland, whileits cheery song may be heard even in the severestweather in its upland haunts, which it seldom cares toleave. Its food consists of small mollusks, spiders,beetles, and insect-larvse, and to some extent of fish-spawn, but its utility far outweighs its harmfulness. Passeres 11 The nest is a big roiiiul hall of moss, oi- moss and grass,lined with leaves, generally of the oak or beech, andhas a side entrance ; it is built in a hole in a wall orbank, among protruding tree-roots on river sides ornot uncommonly beneath a bridge or close to a water-wheel ; in many cases it is stuck against a rock or large

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Dippers nest boulder with the slightest possible support. The fiveor six somewhat pointed white eggs are laid from Marchonwards, and a third set has even been known to havebeen deposited in the same nest,at once. The fledglings swim 42 Order I Family PANURID^, or Bearded Tits This remarkable family, of doubtful position, con-tains only one British member (Panurns biarmicus), a

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Image from page 371 of “A handbook of British birds, showing the distribution of the resident and migratory species in the British islands, with an index to the records of the rarer visitants” (1901)

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Title: A handbook of British birds, showing the distribution of the resident and migratory species in the British islands, with an index to the records of the rarer visitants
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928
Subjects: Birds — Great Britain
Publisher: London, J.C. Nimmo
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very ancient one,and is repeatedly mentioned by old writers. SeeWillughbys Ornithology, p. 349. The weight of a Gannet is about 8| lbs. Order XIV. GAVIiE Fam. LARID^. COMMON TERN. Sterna fiuviatilis,Naumsinn. PI. 33,fig. 1. Length, 14-25 in.; bill, 1*75 in.; wing, 10-5 in.;tarsus, 0-85 in. This bird was long regarded as the Sternahirundo of Linnseus; but the species described byhim under that name is evidently the Arctic Tern,as may be inferred from his description of the bill:—rostrum suhulatum, versus apicem compressum,rectum., coccineum, uti et pedes. It is a summer visitor to this country, generallyarriving in the second week of May, and breedingon sandy shores and shingle beds all round thecoast of England and Scotland, as far north as Skyeon the west, and the Fame Islands and the MorayFirth on the east. Beyond this it comes into com-petition with the Arctic Tern, with which speciesit is found in the Outer Hebrides, as well as inOrkney. As a summer visitor to Scotland it is to

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TERNS 289 be found nesting on the pebbly shores of manyinland lochs and islands, where its graceful evolu-tions on the wing, and its headlong plunges intothe water when engaged in fishing, aflford constantdiversion to the observant angler. In Ireland, the Common Tern, though numerousin summer, is rather local, breeding both on saltand fresh water, often in company with the ArcticTern, and sometimes in close proximity to nestsof the Black-headed Gull. Mr. Ussher has remarkedthat on marine islands the eggs of this bird arerarely laid before June, and are chiefly producedduring that month; but on inland lakes the Com-mon Tern breeds earlier, and the full complementof eggs may sometimes be found before the endof May. Where grass is abundant on their breeding-ground, these birds make their nests in it, but theseare seldom more than mere depressions. During itsmigrations in spring and autumn the Common Ternoften comes up the rivers from the coast, andwanders inland to fresh-water pools and

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