The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... animal and vege- table , and the elucidation of many facts regard- ing popular superstitions and abuses . • In the last edition of his works we have the following biographical sketch of his life , perhaps the only one extant ...
... animal and vege- table , and the elucidation of many facts regard- ing popular superstitions and abuses . • In the last edition of his works we have the following biographical sketch of his life , perhaps the only one extant ...
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... 88 Sociality of Brutes Soft billed Birds Soils Spiracula of Animals Squnck Sticklebacks Streams Summer Birds of Passage 107 , 5 142 230 128 5 , 6 51 91 66 Summer Birds , Return of Summer Evening Walk Superstitions of xiv INDEX .
... 88 Sociality of Brutes Soft billed Birds Soils Spiracula of Animals Squnck Sticklebacks Streams Summer Birds of Passage 107 , 5 142 230 128 5 , 6 51 91 66 Summer Birds , Return of Summer Evening Walk Superstitions of xiv INDEX .
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... animal manure ; and these may perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the woods and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south - east to north - west , arises a ...
... animal manure ; and these may perhaps have been the original site of the town ; while the woods and coverts might extend down to the opposite bank . At each end of the village , which runs from south - east to north - west , arises a ...
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... animal and vegetable ; and has often afforded me much enter- tainment , both as a sportsman and as a naturalist . The royal Forest of Wolmer is a tract of land of about seven miles in length , by two and a half in breadth , running ...
... animal and vegetable ; and has often afforded me much enter- tainment , both as a sportsman and as a naturalist . The royal Forest of Wolmer is a tract of land of about seven miles in length , by two and a half in breadth , running ...
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... animal to the support of another ! Thomson , who was a nice observer of natural occurrences , did not let this pleasing circumstance escape him . He says , in his Summer : " A various group the herds and flocks compose : on the grassy ...
... animal to the support of another ! Thomson , who was a nice observer of natural occurrences , did not let this pleasing circumstance escape him . He says , in his Summer : " A various group the herds and flocks compose : on the grassy ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animal appear April autumn bird of passage birds of prey breed British Zoology brood called chaffinches colour common congeners cuckoo curious discovered district dogs eggs feeding feet female fern-owl field fieldfares fish flocks frequently frost garden genus Gibraltar Greatham ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects late legs letter Linnæus mandible manner martins mentioned migration mole cricket morning Motacilla natural history naturalist nest never night observed ornithology owls pair perhaps prey procured quadrupeds RAII rain redwings remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ringousels season seems seen Selborne shot sing snow soft-billed soon species specimens spring stone stone curlew strange summer birds suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail titmouse torpid trees vast village weather Whip-poor-will wild wings winter Wolmer Forest wonder woodcocks Woodlark woods young Zoology