The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... Observations , which had originally been published in a small volume after the author's death . These , with some papers on different subjects connected with natural his- tory , and published in various transactions of learned societies ...
... Observations , which had originally been published in a small volume after the author's death . These , with some papers on different subjects connected with natural his- tory , and published in various transactions of learned societies ...
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... observations borne out by more modern experi- ments . The Fauna of Great Britain is indebted to him for the first notice of the Great Bat , vespertilio noctula , and for the discovery and detailed history of the Harvest - mouse , mus ...
... observations borne out by more modern experi- ments . The Fauna of Great Britain is indebted to him for the first notice of the Great Bat , vespertilio noctula , and for the discovery and detailed history of the Harvest - mouse , mus ...
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... observation , must not be passed over in silence . And , first , I must mention , as a great curiosity , a specimen that was ploughed up in the chalky fields , near the side of the Down , and given to me for the singularity of its ...
... observation , must not be passed over in silence . And , first , I must mention , as a great curiosity , a specimen that was ploughed up in the chalky fields , near the side of the Down , and given to me for the singularity of its ...
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... observed them of large dimensions , perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains ...
... observed them of large dimensions , perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains ...
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... observed . In the very thickest strata of our freestone , and at considerable depths , well - diggers often find large scallops or pectines , having both shells deeply striated , and ridged and furrowed alter- nately . They are highly ...
... observed . In the very thickest strata of our freestone , and at considerable depths , well - diggers often find large scallops or pectines , having both shells deeply striated , and ridged and furrowed alter- nately . They are highly ...
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