The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... least 11 or 12 feet in diameter . - W . J. * Dr Plot mentions a table of one solid plank of above 75 feet long , and a yard broad through the whole length , to be seen in Dudley Castle hall , in the park of which the oak grew . —Nat ...
... least 11 or 12 feet in diameter . - W . J. * Dr Plot mentions a table of one solid plank of above 75 feet long , and a yard broad through the whole length , to be seen in Dudley Castle hall , in the park of which the oak grew . —Nat ...
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... least fifty to one . This extraordinary occurrence brought to my mind the remark of Linnæus , that , " before winter , all their hen chaffinches migrate through Holland into Italy . ” Now I want to know , from some curious person 44 ...
... least fifty to one . This extraordinary occurrence brought to my mind the remark of Linnæus , that , " before winter , all their hen chaffinches migrate through Holland into Italy . ” Now I want to know , from some curious person 44 ...
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... least , that the swallows and the fieldfares do congregate with a gentle twittering before they make their respective departure . You may depend on it that the bunting , em- beriza miliaria , does not leave this country in the winter ...
... least , that the swallows and the fieldfares do congregate with a gentle twittering before they make their respective departure . You may depend on it that the bunting , em- beriza miliaria , does not leave this country in the winter ...
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... least of British quadrupeds . Mr White has the merit of discovering it , and has added some interesting information regarding it in his different letters . The Rev. W. Bingley , in his Memoirs of British Quadrupeds , has the following ...
... least of British quadrupeds . Mr White has the merit of discovering it , and has added some interesting information regarding it in his different letters . The Rev. W. Bingley , in his Memoirs of British Quadrupeds , has the following ...
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... least noise or motion , however , she immediately ran off , with the grains in her mouth , to her hiding - place . One evening , as I was sitting at my writing - desk , and the animal was playing about in the open part of its cage , a ...
... least noise or motion , however , she immediately ran off , with the grains in her mouth , to her hiding - place . One evening , as I was sitting at my writing - desk , and the animal was playing about in the open part of its cage , a ...
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