10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCAPULATED»
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1
Cassell's book of birds
... 254 „ Scapulated, L, 260 „ Thick billed Vulture, L. 259 „ Vulture, i., 257 ,, White-
necked Vulture, L, 259 Raya, iii., 86 Razor Bill, iv., 236 Red Bird, ii., 164 Redstart,
ii., 194 „ Black-capped, iL, 194 „ Garden, ii., 195 Rice-bird, i., too ,, (lioblink), i., ...
Alfred Edmund Brehm, Thomas Rymer Jones, 1872
2
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z ...
Scap′ūlated, having the scapularfeathers notable insize or colour, asthe
scapulated crow.—n.Scap′ūlimancy. divination by means of shoulderblades.—
adj.Scapuliman′tic. [L. scapulæ, the shoulderblades, prob.cog.with scapus, a
shaft ...
3
The River Congo, from Its Mouth to Bólóbo: With a General ...
These rollers fly in small flocks, and are much given to mobbing falcons and
scapulated crows. The scapulated crow, one of the commonest of African birds,
almost if not entirely disappears in the cataract region of the Congo, and only
makes ...
Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, 1884
4
George Grenfell and the Congo: A History and Description of ...
... the bush-pigs with their orange-chestnut hair touched up and enhanced by
white or black manes and tufts and patches, surprised on the shore as the
steamer rounds a promontory; black and white scapulated crows, brown kites,
white and ...
Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, Lawson Forfeitt, Emil Torday, 1908
pany. Owing to the sea breezes sweeping' over the peninsula it is fairly healthy ;
and efficient scavenging of the refuse washed up on the shore, and of the
garbage thrown from the dwellings, is performed by the scapulated crows, which
...
6
The National Geographic Magazine
The buzzards, kites, and scapulated crows boldly alighted on the grass and on a
few neighboring bushes and awaited calmly the moment when we should take
our leave, while overhead, at a great height, the shyer varieties, including the ...
1 Scapulated Fruit-Bat (Pterojnts scapitlatus). From Thursday Island. Purchased.
1 Leach's Laughing Kingfisher (Dacelo leachi). Presented by Dr. Carl Lumholtz. 1
Laughing Kingfisher (Dacelo gigantea). Presented by E. E. Oliver, Esq. 1 ...
Zoological Society of London, 1884
8
Baptist Missionary Magazine
... and all the washedup refuse of the shore, together with the garbage thrown out
of the houses, is soon gobbled up by the scapulated crows. These useful birds
are wisely protected at Banana, and are, in consequence, very tame, assembling
...
9
The Baptist Missionary Magazine
... and all the washed- up refuse of the shore, together with the garbage thrown
out of the houses, is soon gobbled up by the scapulated crows. These useful
birds are wisely protected at Banana, and are, in consequence, very tame, ...
10
Popular Parrakeets: Their Breeding and Management by Amateurs
In the colonies it is usually spoken of as the Lory, but, needless to say, it has no
affinity with the Lories, which are honey- eaters, while the King or Scapulated
Parrakeet feeds on seeds. Like the rest of the Broadtails, to which sub-family it ...
William Thomas Greene, 1898
