The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... side by side , each covering a chick , or the osprey seated on a dead stump above its eyrie in the solitudes of a remote Highland loch , whilst its mate circled majestically in the blue vault of heaven , far , far above , with a big ...
... side by side , each covering a chick , or the osprey seated on a dead stump above its eyrie in the solitudes of a remote Highland loch , whilst its mate circled majestically in the blue vault of heaven , far , far above , with a big ...
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... side of the down , and given to me for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a petrified fish of about four inches long , the cardo passing for an head and mouth . It is in reality a bivalve of the ...
... side of the down , and given to me for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incurious eye , seems like a petrified fish of about four inches long , the cardo passing for an head and mouth . It is in reality a bivalve of the ...
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... side , with which I am not so well acquainted , the bounds on this side , in old times , came into Binswood ; and * I mean that sort which , rising into tall hassocks , is called by the foresters torrets ; a corruption , I suppose , of ...
... side , with which I am not so well acquainted , the bounds on this side , in old times , came into Binswood ; and * I mean that sort which , rising into tall hassocks , is called by the foresters torrets ; a corruption , I suppose , of ...
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... side is about 704 yards , and the breadth of the south - west end about 456 yards . This measurement , which I caused to be made with good exactness , gives an area of about sixty - six acres , exclusive of a large irregular arm at the ...
... side is about 704 yards , and the breadth of the south - west end about 456 yards . This measurement , which I caused to be made with good exactness , gives an area of about sixty - six acres , exclusive of a large irregular arm at the ...
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... side of Gracious Street ; they meet just above Dorton Cottage . The scientific names of the fishes mentioned are from Ray , the first natural history systematist , and differ considerably from those of modern authorities . - R . K ...
... side of Gracious Street ; they meet just above Dorton Cottage . The scientific names of the fishes mentioned are from Ray , the first natural history systematist , and differ considerably from those of modern authorities . - R . K ...
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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