The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... wing fieldfares were flying in sight together , an uncommon assemblage of summer and winter birds ! A little yellow bird ( it is either a species of the alauda trivialis , or rather perhaps of the Motacilla trochilus ) 28 NATURAL ...
... wing fieldfares were flying in sight together , an uncommon assemblage of summer and winter birds ! A little yellow bird ( it is either a species of the alauda trivialis , or rather perhaps of the Motacilla trochilus ) 28 NATURAL ...
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... wing at that time , and to hear his piping and humming notes . I have had no opportunity yet of procuring any of those mice which I mentioned to you in town . The person that brought me the last says they are plenty in harvest , at ...
... wing at that time , and to hear his piping and humming notes . I have had no opportunity yet of procuring any of those mice which I mentioned to you in town . The person that brought me the last says they are plenty in harvest , at ...
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... wing to wing , thirty- eight inches . Its cere and feet were yellow , and the circle of its eyelids a bright yellow . As it had been killed some days , and the eyes were sunk , I could make no good observation on the colour of the ...
... wing to wing , thirty- eight inches . Its cere and feet were yellow , and the circle of its eyelids a bright yellow . As it had been killed some days , and the eyes were sunk , I could make no good observation on the colour of the ...
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... wings round before the mouth , hovering and hiding its head in the manner of birds of 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 ...
... wings round before the mouth , hovering and hiding its head in the manner of birds of 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 ...
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... wing again , by rising with great ease from the floor . It ran , I observed , with more dispatch than I was aware of ; but in a most ridiculous and grotesque manner . Bats drink on the wing , like swallows , by sipping the surface , as ...
... wing again , by rising with great ease from the floor . It ran , I observed , with more dispatch than I was aware of ; but in a most ridiculous and grotesque manner . Bats drink on the wing , like swallows , by sipping the surface , as ...
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The Natural History of Selborne: And the Naturalist's Calendar Gilbert White Перегляд фрагмента - 1879 |
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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