The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 стор. |
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... week , to maintain our- selves in London , and pining to re - exchange the fœtid air and the coster's strident cry of Clerkenwell for the heather scent and the moorcock's cheerful beck of our native hills . Here was a countryman talking ...
... week , to maintain our- selves in London , and pining to re - exchange the fœtid air and the coster's strident cry of Clerkenwell for the heather scent and the moorcock's cheerful beck of our native hills . Here was a countryman talking ...
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... week watching at arm's length a pair of ring ouzels feed their young , and waiting until hope almost faded into despair for a gleam of sunshine by which to pho- tograph them . How quickly he would have observed the interesting fact that ...
... week watching at arm's length a pair of ring ouzels feed their young , and waiting until hope almost faded into despair for a gleam of sunshine by which to pho- tograph them . How quickly he would have observed the interesting fact that ...
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... weeks . They used to march about in a stately manner , feeding in the walks , many times in the day ; and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frightened and persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at rest ...
... weeks . They used to march about in a stately manner , feeding in the walks , many times in the day ; and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frightened and persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at rest ...
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... weeks yearly at Sunbury , which is one of those pleasant villages lying on the Thames , near Hampton - court . In the autumn , I could not help being much amused with those myriads of the swallow kind which assemble in those parts . But ...
... weeks yearly at Sunbury , which is one of those pleasant villages lying on the Thames , near Hampton - court . In the autumn , I could not help being much amused with those myriads of the swallow kind which assemble in those parts . But ...
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... weeks our lanes , paths , fields , will swarm for a few days with myriads of these emigrants , no larger than my little finger nail . Swammerdam gives a most accurate account of the method and situation in which the male impregnates the ...
... weeks our lanes , paths , fields , will swarm for a few days with myriads of these emigrants , no larger than my little finger nail . Swammerdam gives a most accurate account of the method and situation in which the male impregnates the ...
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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