The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... mean rain of any place cannot be ascertained till a person has measured it for a very long period . " If I had only measured the rain , " says he , " for the four first years , from 1740 to 1743 , I should have said the mean rain at ...
... mean rain of any place cannot be ascertained till a person has measured it for a very long period . " If I had only measured the rain , " says he , " for the four first years , from 1740 to 1743 , I should have said the mean rain at ...
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... mean the red - deer , which , toward the beginning of this century , amounted to about five hundred * Black game have increased greatly in the southern counties of Scotland and north of England within the last few years . It is a pretty ...
... mean the red - deer , which , toward the beginning of this century , amounted to about five hundred * Black game have increased greatly in the southern counties of Scotland and north of England within the last few years . It is a pretty ...
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... means of the Waltham blacks , or , to use his own expression , as 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 ...
... means of the Waltham blacks , or , to use his own expression , as 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 ...
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... mean that sort which , rising into tall hassocks , is called by the foresters torrets ; a corruption , I suppose , of turrets . NOTE . In the beginning of the summer 1787 , the royal forests of Wolmer and Holt were measured by persons ...
... mean that sort which , rising into tall hassocks , is called by the foresters torrets ; a corruption , I suppose , of turrets . NOTE . In the beginning of the summer 1787 , the royal forests of Wolmer and Holt were measured by persons ...
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... means peculiar to them , I cannot pass over in silence ; and that is , that instinct by which in summer all the kine , whether oxen , cows , calves , or heifers , retire constantly to the water during the hotter hours ; where , being ...
... means peculiar to them , I cannot pass over in silence ; and that is , that instinct by which in summer all the kine , whether oxen , cows , calves , or heifers , retire constantly to the water during the hotter hours ; where , being ...
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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