The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... some of the mice mentioned in my former letters , a young one and a female with young , both of which I have preserved in brandy . From the colour , shape , size , and manner of nesting , I 294 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 33.
... some of the mice mentioned in my former letters , a young one and a female with young , both of which I have preserved in brandy . From the colour , shape , size , and manner of nesting , I 294 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 33.
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... females - at least fifty to one . This extraordinary occurrence brought to my mind the remark of Linnæus , that " before ... female flocks migrate from the other end of the island , or whether they come over to us from the continent . We ...
... females - at least fifty to one . This extraordinary occurrence brought to my mind the remark of Linnæus , that " before ... female flocks migrate from the other end of the island , or whether they come over to us from the continent . We ...
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... female chaffinches have not yet forsaken us . The blackbirds and thrushes are very much thinned down by that fierce weather in January . In the middle of February I discovered , in my tall hedges , a little bird that raised my curiosity ...
... female chaffinches have not yet forsaken us . The blackbirds and thrushes are very much thinned down by that fierce weather in January . In the middle of February I discovered , in my tall hedges , a little bird that raised my curiosity ...
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... female . How wonderful is the economy of Providence with regard to the limbs of so vile a reptile ! While it is an aquatic it has a fish - like tail , and no legs ; as soon as the legs sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the ...
... female . How wonderful is the economy of Providence with regard to the limbs of so vile a reptile ! While it is an aquatic it has a fish - like tail , and no legs ; as soon as the legs sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the ...
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... female viper about the 27th May : he found her filled with a chain of eleven eggs , about the size of those of a blackbird ; but none of them were advanced so far towards a state of maturity as to contain any rudi- ments of young ...
... female viper about the 27th May : he found her filled with a chain of eleven eggs , about the size of those of a blackbird ; but none of them were advanced so far towards a state of maturity as to contain any rudi- ments of young ...
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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