The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... night in order to see the owner of a curiously - shaped bird's nest return to it in the morning , and thereby discover the species to which it be- longed ; invested all our slender stock of pocket - money in a thermometer by which to ...
... night in order to see the owner of a curiously - shaped bird's nest return to it in the morning , and thereby discover the species to which it be- longed ; invested all our slender stock of pocket - money in a thermometer by which to ...
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Gilbert White. GILBERT WHITE'S HOUSE , " THE WAKES . sat alone by night in early May at the top.
Gilbert White. GILBERT WHITE'S HOUSE , " THE WAKES . sat alone by night in early May at the top.
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Gilbert White. sat alone by night in early May at the top of the Hanger , listening to the sweet song of the nightingale and the soft crick - crick of the beech trees bursting their leaf - sheaths , or seen the sun rise in golden ...
Gilbert White. sat alone by night in early May at the top of the Hanger , listening to the sweet song of the nightingale and the soft crick - crick of the beech trees bursting their leaf - sheaths , or seen the sun rise in golden ...
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... night , it was , by eleven the next morning , mostly melted away on the surface of the earth , except in several places in Bushy Park , where there were drains dug and covered with earth , on which the snow continued to lie , whether ...
... night , it was , by eleven the next morning , mostly melted away on the surface of the earth , except in several places in Bushy Park , where there were drains dug and covered with earth , on which the snow continued to lie , whether ...
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... night ) to feed in the brooks and meadows ; returning again with the dawn of the morning . Had this lake an arm or two more , and were it planted round with thick covert ( for now it is perfectly naked ) , it might make a valuable decoy ...
... night ) to feed in the brooks and meadows ; returning again with the dawn of the morning . Had this lake an arm or two more , and were it planted round with thick covert ( for now it is perfectly naked ) , it might make a valuable decoy ...
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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