The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... procured but at considerable ex- pense . Among the blue rags turn up some blocks tinged * To surbed stone is to set it edgewise , contrary to the posture it had in the quarry , says Dr. Plot , Oxfordsh . , p . 77. But surbed- ding does ...
... procured but at considerable ex- pense . Among the blue rags turn up some blocks tinged * To surbed stone is to set it edgewise , contrary to the posture it had in the quarry , says Dr. Plot , Oxfordsh . , p . 77. But surbed- ding does ...
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... procured from the bogs by probing the soil with spits , or some such instruments : but the peat is so much cut out , and the moors have been so well examined , that none has been found of late . Besides the oak , I have also been shown ...
... procured from the bogs by probing the soil with spits , or some such instruments : but the peat is so much cut out , and the moors have been so well examined , that none has been found of late . Besides the oak , I have also been shown ...
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... procuring any of those * Red - wings and fieldfares are undoubtedly here meant . - R . K. A reference to the list of summer birds of passage in Letter xvi . to Pennant shows that the grasshopper - warbler and willow wren re- spectively ...
... procuring any of those * Red - wings and fieldfares are undoubtedly here meant . - R . K. A reference to the list of summer birds of passage in Letter xvi . to Pennant shows that the grasshopper - warbler and willow wren re- spectively ...
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... procured some of the mice mentioned in my former letters , a young one and a female with young , both of which Jenyns was the first to point out that our author had fallen into an error in concluding that our common bat , pipistrelle ...
... procured some of the mice mentioned in my former letters , a young one and a female with young , both of which Jenyns was the first to point out that our author had fallen into an error in concluding that our common bat , pipistrelle ...
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... procured this autumn , most arti- ficially platted , and composed of the blades of wheat ; per- fectly round , and about the size of a cricket - ball ; with the aperture so ingeniously closed , that there was no discovering to what part ...
... procured this autumn , most arti- ficially platted , and composed of the blades of wheat ; per- fectly round , and about the size of a cricket - ball ; with the aperture so ingeniously closed , that there was no discovering to what part ...
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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