The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... leg , they ruminate and solace themselves from about ten in the morning till four in the afternoon , and then return to their feeding . During this great proportion of the day , they drop much dung , in which insects nestle , and so ...
... leg , they ruminate and solace themselves from about ten in the morning till four in the afternoon , and then return to their feeding . During this great proportion of the day , they drop much dung , in which insects nestle , and so ...
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... legs , feet , and claws , were milk - white . * * The common rook , corvus frugilegus , seems to be more subject to a white variation than its other British con- geners . Specimens entirely white are not often seen , but individuals ...
... legs , feet , and claws , were milk - white . * * The common rook , corvus frugilegus , seems to be more subject to a white variation than its other British con- geners . Specimens entirely white are not often seen , but individuals ...
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... legs seem swollen like those of a gouty man . After harvest I have shot them before the pointers in turnip - fields . I make no doubt but there are three species of the willow - wrens ; * two I know perfectly , but have not been able ...
... legs seem swollen like those of a gouty man . After harvest I have shot them before the pointers in turnip - fields . I make no doubt but there are three species of the willow - wrens ; * two I know perfectly , but have not been able ...
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... leg on one side , the skin was detached as far as the fore leg ; the same operation was next effected on the other side . The loosened exuvia were then drawn forward by the combined action of the mouth and of the anterior legs , and ...
... leg on one side , the skin was detached as far as the fore leg ; the same operation was next effected on the other side . The loosened exuvia were then drawn forward by the combined action of the mouth and of the anterior legs , and ...
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... legs ; as 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 ...
... legs ; as 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 ...
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