The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... prey , catching a fly in the air , and hardly ever touching the ground , but returning still to the same stand for many times together . I perceive there are more than one species of the Motacilla trochilus . Mr. Derham supposes , in ...
... prey , catching a fly in the air , and hardly ever touching the ground , but returning still to the same stand for many times together . I perceive there are more than one species of the Motacilla trochilus . Mr. Derham supposes , in ...
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... prey when they 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 ...
... prey when they 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 ...
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... prey on fish are amphibious : such is the otter , which by nature is so well formed for diving , that it makes great havoc among the inhabitants of the waters . Not supposing that we had any of those beasts in our shallow brooks , I was ...
... prey on fish are amphibious : such is the otter , which by nature is so well formed for diving , that it makes great havoc among the inhabitants of the waters . Not supposing that we had any of those beasts in our shallow brooks , I was ...
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... prey with its foot , as I have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these chafers , I no longer ` wonder at the use of its middle toe , which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw . Swallows and martins , the bulk of them I ...
... prey with its foot , as I have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these chafers , I no longer ` wonder at the use of its middle toe , which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw . Swallows and martins , the bulk of them I ...
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... prey by surprise . A great ash - coloured butcher - bird was shot last winter in Tisted Park , and a red - backed butcher - bird [ shrike ] at Selborne : they are raræ aves in this county . Crows go in pairs all the year round . Cornish ...
... prey by surprise . A great ash - coloured butcher - bird was shot last winter in Tisted Park , and a red - backed butcher - bird [ shrike ] at Selborne : they are raræ aves in this county . Crows go in pairs all the year round . Cornish ...
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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