The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away . These seemed as if they were a very recent production . In the chalk - pit , at the north - west NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 9.
... or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains and frost they mouldered away . These seemed as if they were a very recent production . In the chalk - pit , at the north - west NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 9.
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... soon as they began blacking , they were reduced to about fifty head , and so continued decreasing till the time of the late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down a huntsman , and six ...
... soon as they began blacking , they were reduced to about fifty head , and so continued decreasing till the time of the late Duke of Cumberland . It is now more than thirty years ago that his highness sent down a huntsman , and six ...
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... soon as the legs sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the animal betakes itself to the land ! Merret , I trust , is widely mistaken when he advances that the Rana arborea is an English reptile ; it abounds in Germany and ...
... soon as the legs sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the animal betakes itself to the land ! Merret , I trust , is widely mistaken when he advances that the Rana arborea is an English reptile ; it abounds in Germany and ...
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... soon to my friend near Chichester , in whose neighbourhood these birds seem most to abound ; and shall urge him to take particular notice when they begin to congregate , and afterwards to watch them most narrowly , whether they do not ...
... soon to my friend near Chichester , in whose neighbourhood these birds seem most to abound ; and shall urge him to take particular notice when they begin to congregate , and afterwards to watch them most narrowly , whether they do not ...
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... soon have urged me to have made myself acquainted with their productions ; but as I have lived mostly in inland parts , and in an upland district , my knowledge of fishes extends little farther than to those common sorts which our ...
... soon have urged me to have made myself acquainted with their productions ; but as I have lived mostly in inland parts , and in an upland district , my knowledge of fishes extends little farther than to those common sorts which our ...
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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