The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... nest upon nest , in perfect security , till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled . in the month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , —the wedges were inserted into the ...
... nest upon nest , in perfect security , till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled . in the month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , —the wedges were inserted into the ...
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... nest composed of the blades of grass or wheat . One of these nests I procured this autumn , most arti- ficially platted , and composed of the blades of wheat , perfectly round , and about the size of a cricket - ball ; with the aperture ...
... nest composed of the blades of grass or wheat . One of these nests I procured this autumn , most arti- ficially platted , and composed of the blades of wheat , perfectly round , and about the size of a cricket - ball ; with the aperture ...
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... nest in the Borough . And I myself , on the twenty - ninth of last October ( as I was travelling through Oxford ) , saw four or five swallows hovering round and settling on the roof of the county hospital . Now is it likely that these ...
... nest in the Borough . And I myself , on the twenty - ninth of last October ( as I was travelling through Oxford ) , saw four or five swallows hovering round and settling on the roof of the county hospital . Now is it likely that these ...
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... nest . A booby of a carter , finding them before they were able to fly , threw them down and destroyed them , to the regret of the owner , who would have been glad to have preserved such a curiosity in his rookery . I saw the birds ...
... nest . A booby of a carter , finding them before they were able to fly , threw them down and destroyed them , to the regret of the owner , who would have been glad to have preserved such a curiosity in his rookery . I saw the birds ...
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... nest , in the field ; so that the countryman , in stirring his fallows , often destroys them . The young run immediately from the egg like patridges , etc. , and are withdrawn to some flinty field by the dam , where they skulk among the ...
... nest , in the field ; so that the countryman , in stirring his fallows , often destroys them . The young run immediately from the egg like patridges , etc. , and are withdrawn to some flinty field by the dam , where they skulk among the ...
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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