| 单词 | perching bird |
| 例句 | My destination was Hawk Rock, a majestic 25-foot boulder that resembles a huge, perching bird and overlooks land now maintained as a watershed by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. A Hike Into the Mystic, or Just a Walk in the Woods? 2010-10-14T21:39:00Z The study focused on birds that move at night, as most migrators do, particularly perching birds such as warblers, thrushes and sparrows. Solar Storms Can Hinder Bird Migration 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z More than half of the known birds on earth are perching birds. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms McRobert said the warbler, one of the passerine order, or perching birds, was only able to make the journey from west to east, not in the other direction. Isles of Scilly: Fears rare songbird will never return to US 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z In 2012, evolutionary biologist Catherine Sheard started an ambitious Ph.D. project: measuring the shape of every kind of passerine, or perching bird, in the world. First-of-its-kind global catalog of bird shapes yields ecological ‘gold mine’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Also known as passerines, the perching bird was discovered in Fossil Lake, WY. 52-million-bird fossil found with feathers still attached 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Scientists investigating families within the Passerida group of perching birds identified 10 separate branches in their tree of life. New bird family discovered in Asia 2014-03-05T01:40:16Z One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Siskin, sis′kin, n. a genus of perching birds belonging to the family Fringillid�, the true finches. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z It is difficult of definition, but almost any small perching bird may, with more or less certainty, be referred to the Passeres. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The order of Thrush-like perching birds is a very large one, including nearly three thousand known varieties. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The species just named, while in its limbs, trunk, and feathers a veritable perching bird, resembles a reptile in its head and tail. The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants 2011-06-01T02:00:24.880Z In perching birds the hind toe is much the shortest, but they sit balanced upon a limb and have merely to hold themselves in position. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z Try to get one of each order at least and, among the perching birds, one of each family. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z Large perching birds, usually twelve inches or more in length; bill stout; nostrils covered by projecting bristles; feet heavy; outer tail-feathers usually shortest; fourth to fifth primary longest, first about half as long. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z The Lyre Bird, which according to the classification we are following, with the scrub bird, forms the fifth group of the perching birds, belongs to Australia. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z The Cuckoo-Shrike is not a Pigeon, but is a perching bird; nor is it a Jay, which is a Northern Hemisphere bird, a member of the Crow family. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z There are many perching birds, e.g. all the Passeres, which do not possess this muscle at all, whilst many of those which have it fully developed, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z The researchers did not include passerine, or perching birds, in their analysis. 2010-02-05T17:49:00Z Ant-thrush, a name given to certain passerine or perching birds having resemblances to the thrushes and supposed to feed largely on ants. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Following Mr. Wallace's order we come now to the second class of the perching birds, the Tanagroid perchers, with the more important species of which we will now proceed to deal. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Professor Huxley writes: "The feet are not only altogether bird-like, but have the special character of the feet of perching birds; while the body had a clothing of true feathers." The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer The catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds, in the collection of the British Museum. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 The Passeres, or true perching birds, are especially interesting, being all of peculiar species, and, all but one, belonging to peculiar genera. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras Nor is it less puzzling that the cuckoos, which are perching birds, should have two toes in front and two behind. Our Bird Comrades The fourth division of the perching birds designated by Mr. Wallace, the Ant-Eaters, includes a large number of American varieties, which space forbids us even to enumerate. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Because of their freedom of flight it is in all cases difficult to bring our perching birds into such relations with the domiciles of man that they can be truly domesticated. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization She perched on the stile as light as a perching bird, and drew her lithe figure on one side to make room for Paul. Despair's Last Journey Then follow the facts regarding the mole, spalax, ant-eater, and the lack of teeth in birds, the origin of shore birds, swimming birds and perching birds, which are stated farther on. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work Odd as it may seem to the uninformed, the nuthatches belong to the order of passeres or perching birds, in spite of their creeping habits. Our Bird Comrades We come now to the third division of the Passeres or perching birds, to which Mr. Wallace attaches the name of the starlings. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z They did not hop like perching birds, nor did they waddle like most living reptiles. Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections The next order, that of the perching birds, includes all our common song-birds, such as the robin, bluebird, and blackbird, as well as a few larger birds, like the crow. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 The visitor next approaches the varieties of the family known as the tooth-beaked perching birds. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits "Because, for one reason, his feet have the three toes in front and the one behind, all on the same level; this makes him a perching bird." Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners The perching birds would therefore have arisen by later adaptations after the power of flight had been evolved. Hormones and Heredity "There is," says Dr. Woodward, "a typical bird's 'merrythought' between the wings, and the hind leg is exactly that of a perching bird." The Story of Evolution The three last cases devoted to perching birds, are occupied by the varieties of the Cuckoo family. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits The Scansores, or Climbers, form the last section of the perching birds. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits Before leaving the region devoted to perching birds, the visitor should glance at a few of the pictures which are suspended above the cases in this compartment. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits The two last cases of the cone-beaked perching birds, are devoted to those birds known collectively as Hornbills, from the size and formation of their bills. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits |
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