The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... sometimes asked for an explanation of Gilbert White's ever - green popularity , but never by the man who has heard the swallow snap its bill upon a fly , or battled to exhaustion with the winter's storm . He knows that our author's ...
... sometimes asked for an explanation of Gilbert White's ever - green popularity , but never by the man who has heard the swallow snap its bill upon a fly , or battled to exhaustion with the winter's storm . He knows that our author's ...
Сторінка xii
... sometimes he might have gently admonished us for being carried beyond the bounds of dis- cretion in the matter of safety by our enthusiasm , for he was a man of great caution , we feel quite sure he would never have asked us what so ...
... sometimes he might have gently admonished us for being carried beyond the bounds of dis- cretion in the matter of safety by our enthusiasm , for he was a man of great caution , we feel quite sure he would never have asked us what so ...
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... sometimes used in buildings . In many parts of that waste it lies scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is dug on Weaver's - down , a vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow , and the stratum ...
... sometimes used in buildings . In many parts of that waste it lies scattered on the surface of the ground ; but is dug on Weaver's - down , a vast hill on the eastern verge of that forest , where the pits are shallow , and the stratum ...
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... sometimes thirty brace in a day . : But there was a nobler species of game in this forest , now extinct , which I have heard old people say abounded much before shooting flying became so common , and that was the heath - cock , black ...
... sometimes thirty brace in a day . : But there was a nobler species of game in this forest , now extinct , which I have heard old people say abounded much before shooting flying became so common , and that was the heath - cock , black ...
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... sometimes been communicated to the underwoods , woods , and coppices , where great damage has ensued . The plea for these burnings is , that , when the old coat of heath , etc. , is consumed , young will sprout up , and afford much ...
... sometimes been communicated to the underwoods , woods , and coppices , where great damage has ensued . The plea for these burnings is , that , when the old coat of heath , etc. , is consumed , young will sprout up , and afford much ...
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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