10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER CRAKE»
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Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
Other names: Marsh or Water Crake, old names, the second one used by Gould
in 1848, though Marsh Crake was still the formally recommended name in 1926 (
RAOU 1926) and was in wide use until the 1978 RAOU list opted firmly for the ...
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser,
2013
Water Crake, BemcVti Br. Birds, 2. t. p. 10. Spotted Crake, Steph. Shaw's ZooL 12
. 223. Skitty, Rennie's ed. of Mont. p. 462. Pbovincial— Spotted Rail, Spotted
Water-Rail, Spotted Water-Hen. Tms prettily marked small species of Crake (
being ...
Prideaux John Selby,
1833
Ortygometra Porzana, Steph. Gallinula Porzana, Lath., Flemm. Rallus Porzana,
Linn. Poule-d'eau maronette, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. Spotted Gallinule, Br. Zool.,
Lath. Syn., Mont. Ornith. Diet., Flemm. Br. Anim. Water Crake, Bewick's Br. Birds.
Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
1831
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A Dictionary of Sports: Or, Companion to the Field, the ...
The water-crake, in its general appearance, though much less, resembles the
corn-crake, but its manners and habits are very different. It inhabits the sides of
small streams or swampy grounds ; is wild, solitary, and shy, aud will swim, dive,
...
Harry Harewood (pseud.?),
1835
Of this class may be enumerated the Spoonbill, Water-crake, &c. ike. I cannot,
however, think tihat an occasional and rare visitor can correctly be classed
amongst British birds. In the history of the Heron, a curious anecdote is given
from ...
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Gleanings in natural history: second series to which are ...
The Water-crake (Rallus Porzana), is sometimes found in the meadows I have
been referring to. It is, however, a scarce bird with us, and is exceedingly shy and
solitary. It is said to form a buoyant nest, which rises and falls with the water, and
...
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The Magazine of Natural History: 1835
[Water Crake.] A single spotted water crake (Zapdrnia Porzdna), said to have
been sent up from Kent, I saw exposed for sale in Newgate Market, in Jan. 1834. I
am not aware that either of these species has ever previously been detected to ...
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The magazine of naturel history and journal of zoology botany
[Water Crake."] A single spotted water crake {Zapornia Porzdna), said to have
been sent up from Kent, I saw exposed for sale in Newgate Market, in Jan. 1834. I
am not aware that either of these species has ever previously been detected to ...
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The Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, ...
[Water Crake.] A single spotted water crake (Zapdrnia Porzdna), said to have
been sent up from Kent, I saw exposed for sale in Newgate Market, in Jan. 1834. I
am not aware that either of these species has ever previously been detected to ...
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Magazine of Natural History
[Water Crake..] A single spotted water crake (Zapdrnia Porzdna), said to have
been sent up from Kent, I saw exposed for sale in Newgate Market, in Jan. 1834. I
am not aware that either of these species has ever previously been detected to ...
John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson,
1835