The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... season , such vast heath - fires are lighted up , that they often get to a masterless head , and , catching the hedges , have sometimes been communicated to the under- woods , woods , and coppices , where great damage has ensued . The ...
... season , such vast heath - fires are lighted up , that they often get to a masterless head , and , catching the hedges , have sometimes been communicated to the under- woods , woods , and coppices , where great damage has ensued . The ...
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... season , vast flocks of ducks , teals , and widgeons , of various denominations ; where they preen and solace , and rest themselves , till towards sunset , when they issue forth in little parties ( for in their natural state they are ...
... season , vast flocks of ducks , teals , and widgeons , of various denominations ; where they preen and solace , and rest themselves , till towards sunset , when they issue forth in little parties ( for in their natural state they are ...
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... season . A crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra ) was killed last year in this neighbourhood . Our streams , which are small , and rise only at the end of the village , yield nothing but the bull's head or miller's thumb ( Gobius fluviatilis ...
... season . A crossbill ( Loxia curvirostra ) was killed last year in this neighbourhood . Our streams , which are small , and rise only at the end of the village , yield nothing but the bull's head or miller's thumb ( Gobius fluviatilis ...
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... season of the year , seems to give some countenance to the northern opinion ( strange as it is ) of their retiring under water . A Swedish naturalist is so much persuaded of that fact , NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 35.
... season of the year , seems to give some countenance to the northern opinion ( strange as it is ) of their retiring under water . A Swedish naturalist is so much persuaded of that fact , NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 35.
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... season of the year , and from so midland a county , attempt a voyage to Goree or Senegal , almost as far as the ... seasons amidst the regions of Africa ! * See Adanson's Voyage to Senegal . LETTER XIII . SELBORNE , Jan. 22nd , 1768 . 36 ...
... season of the year , and from so midland a county , attempt a voyage to Goree or Senegal , almost as far as the ... seasons amidst the regions of Africa ! * See Adanson's Voyage to Senegal . LETTER XIII . SELBORNE , Jan. 22nd , 1768 . 36 ...
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