The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , the wedges were inserted into the opening , the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet , the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the ...
... month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , the wedges were inserted into the opening , the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet , the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the ...
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... months they availed themselves greatly by spinning wool , for making of barragons , a genteel corded stuff , much in vogue at that time for summer wear ; and chiefly manufactured at Alton , a neighbouring town , by some of the people ...
... months they availed themselves greatly by spinning wool , for making of barragons , a genteel corded stuff , much in vogue at that time for summer wear ; and chiefly manufactured at Alton , a neighbouring town , by some of the people ...
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Gilbert White. We have had a very severe frost and deep snow this month . My thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half below the freezing point , within doors . The tender evergreens were injured pretty much . It was very ...
Gilbert White. We have had a very severe frost and deep snow this month . My thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half below the freezing point , within doors . The tender evergreens were injured pretty much . It was very ...
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... month together in spring : and yet I never saw , or read , of toads being observed in the same situation . It is strange that the matter with regard to the venom of toads has not yet been settled . That they are not noxious to some ...
... month together in spring : and yet I never saw , or read , of toads being observed in the same situation . It is strange that the matter with regard to the venom of toads has not yet been settled . That they are not noxious to some ...
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... months a gentleman from London , be- ing with us , was amusing himself with a gun , and found , he told us , on an old yew hedge where there were berries , some birds like blackbirds , with rings of white round their necks : a ...
... months a gentleman from London , be- ing with us , was amusing himself with a gun , and found , he told us , on an old yew hedge where there were berries , some birds like blackbirds , with rings of white round their necks : a ...
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abound Andalusia animals appear April autumn birds of passage birds of prey breed British brood called chaffinches cold colour cuckoo curious DEAR SIR district dogs doubt echo eggs feed feet female fieldfares fishes flocks frequently frost garden Gilbert White ground Hanger haunt hedges hill hirundines hirundo house-martins hundred inches insects known larvæ late le ham legs LETTER Linnæus male manner martins mentioned migration morning Motacilla natural history neighbouring nest never night observed ornithologist owls parish perhaps plants prey procured quadrupeds RAII rain redwings remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels season SEDGE WARBLER seems seen Selborne sing snow soon sort species spring stone stone curlew strange summer suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail tion titmouse tree pipit trees vast vegetation village weather wild wings winter wonder woodcocks Woodlark woods wren young