The Natural History of Selborne: And the Naturalist's CalendarFrederick Warne and Company, 1879 - 470 стор. |
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... birds round his ponds in former summers . The next bird that I procured ( on the 21st May ) was a male red - backed butcher bird , lanius collurio . My neighbour , who shot it , says that it might easily have escaped his notice , had ...
... birds round his ponds in former summers . The next bird that I procured ( on the 21st May ) was a male red - backed butcher bird , lanius collurio . My neighbour , who shot it , says that it might easily have escaped his notice , had ...
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... Birds that sing in the night are but few . " In shadiest covert hid . ” Nightingale , Luscinia . MILTON . Woodlark , Alauda arborea , Suspended in mid air . Passer arundinaceus Less reed - sparrow , 2 minor . } Among reeds and willows ...
... Birds that sing in the night are but few . " In shadiest covert hid . ” Nightingale , Luscinia . MILTON . Woodlark , Alauda arborea , Suspended in mid air . Passer arundinaceus Less reed - sparrow , 2 minor . } Among reeds and willows ...
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... birds living on fish . Divers or loons , though bred in the most northerly parts of Europe , yet are seen with us in very severe winters ; and on the Thames they are called sprat loons , because they prey much on that sort of fish . The ...
... birds living on fish . Divers or loons , though bred in the most northerly parts of Europe , yet are seen with us in very severe winters ; and on the Thames they are called sprat loons , because they prey much on that sort of fish . The ...
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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE | 3 |
THE ANTIGUITIES OF SELBORN | 381 |
SUMMARY OF THE WEATHER | 437 |
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