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unusual facts about Sykes's Lark


Sykes's Lark

It has streaks on its breast which are less prominent than those found in the Oriental Skylark.


1963 Syrian coup d'état

However, the British, who had helped establish the state after World War I, made a secret agreement with France and established the French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon.

Anguita

There is an important population of Dupont's Lark (Chersophilus duponti) in the surrounding environment.

Antoni Sadlak

He was graduated from George Sykes Manual Training and High School in 1926 and from the Georgetown University School of Law, Washington, D.C., in 1931.

Archer's Lark

The grasses in their habitat, which they need to survive are being destroyed by the Parthenium hysterophorus weed.

An example of a weed that has especially killed off the original habitat is the Parthenium Weed.

Ash's Lark

In order to give a complete, definitive description it must also be added that it is smaller than either the Rufous-naped Lark (M. africana), or the Red-winged Lark (M. hypermetra); that it is more greyish and marked on its mantle than either the Singing Lark (M. cantillans), or the Pink-breasted Lark (M. poecilosterna); and that its bill is not as thick as the former, and that it lacks the pinkish breast of the latter.

But even here, where it is locally common it is easily overlooked because it is also a home to nine other species of lark, such as the Red-winged Lark (M. hypermetra hypermetra) and the Somali Long-billed Lark (M. somalica rochei).

Brad Sykes

Sykes got his first Hi-8 camera at age fifteen, and has not stopped shooting since.

Growing up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Sykes made eight features on video (many of which involved Karo syrup, red food coloring and "stunts" of dubious safety) while still in high school.

Drakensberg

There is one bird that is endemic to the high peaks, the Mountain Pipit (Anthus hoeschi), while another six are found mainly here: Bush Blackcap (Lioptilus nigricapillus), Buff-streaked Chat (Oenanthe bifasciata), Rudd's Lark (Heteromirafra ruddi), Drakensberg Rockjumper (Chaetops aurantius), Yellow-breasted Pipit (Anthus chloris), and Drakensberg Siskin (Serinus symonsi).

Durham Energy Institute

Its board of advisors includes Ian Burdon, Benj Sykes DONG Energy, John Loughhead UKERC, Helen Moss IBM and Andrew Mill Narec.

Erlanger's Lark

The name of this bird commemorates the German ornithologist Carlo von Erlanger.

Eugene Octave Sykes

Seated (l-r) Eugene Octave Sykes, Frank R. McNinch, Chairman Paul Atlee Walker, Standing (l-r) T.A.M. Craven, Thad H. Brown, Norman S. Case, and George Henry Payne.

Fouquieria columnaris

The plant's English name, Boojum, was given by Godfrey Sykes of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona and is taken from Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark".

Francis Sykes

Sir Francis Sykes, 3rd Baronet (c. 1799-1842), husband of Lady Henrietta Sykes, lover of Benjamin Disraeli

George Sykes

Meade and general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant agreed that Sykes was not a good choice for the upcoming Overland Campaign in May 1864, so when the Army of the Potomac was reorganized that spring, Sykes lost his corps and was sent to uneventful duty in the Department of Kansas.

George Vern Barnett

Barnett studied music under Edward Sykes and Edward Goll and became prominent on the Sydney musical scene as 'the boy wonder pianist'.

Gilmore LRT Station

The most recognizable landmarks closest to the station are SYKES Asia, Inc. (K-Pointe site), Saint Paul University Quezon City, Aurora Garden Plaza, Gilmore I.T. Center, and Robinsons Magnolia .

Godfrey Sykes

Sykes's style, while based upon the study of Raphael and Michelangelo, was thoroughly individual, and characterised by a fine taste and sense of proportion.

Graham Sykes

Graham Sykes (20 July 1937 – 26 November 2008) was a British swimmer who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Hillson Pennine

The Hillson Pennine was a 1930s United Kingdom two-seat cabin monoplane designed by Norman Sykes and built by F Hills & Sons of Trafford Park.

If You Go Down in the Woods Today

A Boy Scout troupe led by their scoutmaster (Sykes) is on a field trip to a seemingly-peaceful English woodland.

James Sykes

Rod Sykes (James Rodney Winter Sykes, born 1929), Canadian politician, mayor of Calgary, Alberta

Kleist Sykes

He met Dr. James Aggrey, Ghanaian teacher, who inspired Sykes to form the Tanganyika African Association (AA) in 1929, along with friends including Mzee bin Sudi, Cecil Matola, Suleiman Mjisu and Raikes Kusi.

Kulikalon Lakes

These include Himalayan Snowcocks, Saker Falcons, Himalayan Vultures, Solitary Snipe, Yellow-billed Choughs, Hume's Larks, Sulphur-bellied Warblers, Wallcreepers, White-winged Redstarts, Brown Accentors, Water Pipits, Crimson-winged Finches and White-winged Grosbeaks.

Laugh to Keep from Crying

Carol (Cheryl Pepsii Riley) is a single mother raising two teenagers: Tony (Donny Sykes), who is studious and participates in gospel choir; and Lisa (Tamar Davis), who is rebellious and refuses to attend church.

Monegros Desert

Highly endangered are Great and Little Bustards, Eurasian Stone-curlew, Lesser Kestrel, Montagu's Harrier and Dupont's Lark, as these species are directly threatened by changes in the steppe ecosystem.

Moon 44

The mining operation's defence director, Major Lee (Malcolm McDowell) and his assistant, Master Sergeant Sykes (Leon Rippy) are the prime suspects.

Mr. Dryden

Other sources for Dryden include D. G. Hogarth, an archaeologist friend of Lawrence who also served as an intelligence officer; Henry McMahon, the High Commissioner of Egypt who negotiated the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence which effectively trigged the Arab Revolt; and Mark Sykes, who helped draw up the Sykes-Picot Agreement which co-divided the post-war Middle East.

Nicholas Cunliffe-Lister, 3rd Earl of Swinton

Lord and Lady Swinton divorced and Lord Swinton remarried in 1996 to Pamela June Wood (former wife of Jeremy Sykes, of the Sykes of Sledmere).

Rose Eytinge

Among her principal later parts were Nancy Sykes in Oliver Twist, Gervaise in Drink, Ophelia to the Hamlet of E. L. Davenport, and Desdemona with James W. Wallack as Othello and Davenport as Iago.

Social Foundations of Thought and Action

His list of the various ways in which the person "disengages" internal control bears a striking resemblance to Sykes and Matza's "Techniques of Neutralization" (1957), yet there is no reference to this....

Sykes Churches Trail

The Sykes Churches Trail is a tour of East Yorkshire churches which were built, rebuilt or restored by the Sykes family of Sledmere House in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Tel Azaziat

In 1916, Britain and France concluded the Sykes–Picot Agreement, which proposed to divide the Middle East between them into spheres of influence.

The Sea Ghost

In 1925 New Orleans, lawyer Henry Sykes (Clarence Wilson) hires now civilian Captain Winters for a salvage job on behalf of Evelyn Inchcape (Laura La Plante).

The Spanish Gypsy

Following up on Sykes' perception, M. Joan Sergeaunt noted the strong resemblances between the gypsy scenes in this play and similar materials in the works of Thomas Dekker.

TVOKids

Since its inception in 1994, TVOKids has had numerous hosts.vvIn chronological order, they are Patty Sullivan, Kevin Brauch, Joseph Motiki, Rekha Shah, Gisele Corinthios, Phil McCordic (voice of Tumbleweed the Hamster), Julie Zwillich (aka Julie 1), Julie Patterson (aka Julie 2), Nicole Stamp (host of Ontario Championships of Reach for the Top) Milton Barnes, Mark Sykes, Jackie English, Ryan Field, Kara Harun, Drew Dafoe, and Dalmar Abuzeid.

Vernon Sykes

In the 128th General Assembly, Speaker of the House Armond Budish appointed Sykes as Chairman of the House Finance Committee.

Williams's Lark

The other inhabits a particular area (elevated between 600m and 1,350m) lying between Isiolo and Garba Tula.


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