The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... fall to pieces in sawing . Beyond the sandy loam the soil becomes a hungry lean sand , till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce little without the assistance of lime and turnips . LETTER II . In the court of Norton farmhouse ...
... fall to pieces in sawing . Beyond the sandy loam the soil becomes a hungry lean sand , till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce little without the assistance of lime and turnips . LETTER II . In the court of Norton farmhouse ...
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... fall ; but still the dam sat on . At last , when it gave way , the bird was flung from her nest ; and , though her parental affection deserved a better fate , was whipped down by the twigs , which brought her dead to the ground . It was ...
... fall ; but still the dam sat on . At last , when it gave way , the bird was flung from her nest ; and , though her parental affection deserved a better fate , was whipped down by the twigs , which brought her dead to the ground . It was ...
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... falls on it is very considerable , as may be supposed in so woody and mountainous a district . As my experience of measuring the water is but of short date , I am not qualified to give the mean NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 133.
... falls on it is very considerable , as may be supposed in so woody and mountainous a district . As my experience of measuring the water is but of short date , I am not qualified to give the mean NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 133.
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... rose upon them and destroyed them . A very large fall of timber , consisting of about one thousand oaks , has been cut this spring ( viz . , 1784 ) in the Holt forest one - fifth of which , it is 26 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... rose upon them and destroyed them . A very large fall of timber , consisting of about one thousand oaks , has been cut this spring ( viz . , 1784 ) in the Holt forest one - fifth of which , it is 26 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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... fall . Frogs are as yet in their tadpole state ; but , in a few weeks , our lanes , paths , fields , will swarm for a few days with myriads of those emigrants , no larger than my little finger nail . Swammerdam gives a most accurate 48 ...
... fall . Frogs are as yet in their tadpole state ; but , in a few weeks , our lanes , paths , fields , will swarm for a few days with myriads of those emigrants , no larger than my little finger nail . Swammerdam gives a most accurate 48 ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn beeches birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district Edited eggs feed feet female fern-owl field fieldfares flies flocks frequently frost garden grass ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines Hirundo house-martins inches insects Joseph Skipsey July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK martins migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbouring nest never night observed owls perhaps plants ponds prey procure quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swarm swifts tail thrushes titmouse trees vast village weather wild wings winter wonder Woodlark woods wren young