The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... specimen that was ploughed up in the chalky fields , near the side of the Down , and given to me for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incuri- ous eye , seems like a petrified fish of about CURIOUS FOSSIL SHELL . 11.
... specimen that was ploughed up in the chalky fields , near the side of the Down , and given to me for the singularity of its appearance , which , to an incuri- ous eye , seems like a petrified fish of about CURIOUS FOSSIL SHELL . 11.
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... specimen ; nor could I ever find in books any engraving from a perfect one . In the superb museum at Leicester House , permission was given me to examine for this article ; and though I was disappointed as to the fossil , I was highly ...
... specimen ; nor could I ever find in books any engraving from a perfect one . In the superb museum at Leicester House , permission was given me to examine for this article ; and though I was disappointed as to the fossil , I was highly ...
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... Specimens have been killed at different times in this country , and instances are recorded of their having even bred ; the species , however , can only be placed among our occasional visitants . The specimen from which the figure in Mr ...
... Specimens have been killed at different times in this country , and instances are recorded of their having even bred ; the species , however , can only be placed among our occasional visitants . The specimen from which the figure in Mr ...
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... specimen was shot in the county of Dublin , and another in the county of Tipperary , in 1828. - LOUDON'S Magazine . - W . J. * This also can only be placed as an occasional visitant , appearing most frequently in the southern counties ...
... specimen was shot in the county of Dublin , and another in the county of Tipperary , in 1828. - LOUDON'S Magazine . - W . J. * This also can only be placed as an occasional visitant , appearing most frequently in the southern counties ...
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... specimen , but without success . See Letter VIII . Query - Might not Canary birds be naturalized to this climate , provided their eggs were put , in the spring , into the nests of some of their con- geners , as goldfinches ...
... specimen , but without success . See Letter VIII . Query - Might not Canary birds be naturalized to this climate , provided their eggs were put , in the spring , into the nests of some of their con- geners , as goldfinches ...
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