The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... feeding . During this great proportion of the day they drop much dung , in which insects nestle ; and so supply food for the fish , which would be poorly subsisted but from this contingency . Thus Nature , who is a great economist ...
... feeding . During this great proportion of the day they drop much dung , in which insects nestle ; and so supply food for the fish , which would be poorly subsisted but from this contingency . Thus Nature , who is a great economist ...
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... feed in the brooks and meadows ; returning again with the dawn of the morning . Had this lake an arm or two more , and were it planted round with thick covert ( for now it is perfectly naked ) , it might make a valuable decoy . Yet ...
... feed in the brooks and meadows ; returning again with the dawn of the morning . Had this lake an arm or two more , and were it planted round with thick covert ( for now it is perfectly naked ) , it might make a valuable decoy . Yet ...
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... feeding in the walks , many times in the day ; and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frighted and persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at rest . Three grossbeaks ( Loxia coccothraustes ) appeared some ...
... feeding in the walks , many times in the day ; and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frighted and persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at rest . Three grossbeaks ( Loxia coccothraustes ) appeared some ...
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... feed . The adroitness it showed in shear- ing off the wings of the flies , which were always rejected , was worthy of observation , and pleased me much . Insects seemed to be most acceptable , though it did not refuse raw flesh when ...
... feed . The adroitness it showed in shear- ing off the wings of the flies , which were always rejected , was worthy of observation , and pleased me much . Insects seemed to be most acceptable , though it did not refuse raw flesh when ...
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... feeding on haws , appeared in this kingdom in the winter of 1685 . The mention of haws puts me in mind that there is a ... feed- ing on the berries of the yew tree , which answered to the description of the Merula torquata , or ring ...
... feeding on haws , appeared in this kingdom in the winter of 1685 . The mention of haws puts me in mind that there is a ... feed- ing on the berries of the yew tree , which answered to the description of the Merula torquata , or ring ...
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