The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... usually sit . The saw was applied to the but , the wedges were inserted into the opening , the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet , the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on . At last , when it gave way ...
... usually sit . The saw was applied to the but , the wedges were inserted into the opening , the woods echoed to the heavy blows of the beetle or mallet , the tree nodded to its fall ; but still the dam sat on . At last , when it gave way ...
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... usually very small and soft : but in Clay's Pond , a little farther on , at the end of the pit , where the soil is dug out for manure , I have occasionally observed them of large dimensions , perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in ...
... usually very small and soft : but in Clay's Pond , a little farther on , at the end of the pit , where the soil is dug out for manure , I have occasionally observed them of large dimensions , perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in ...
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... usually with a north - east or east wind , much annoy this village with their smoke , and often alarm the country ; and once , in particular , I remember that a gentleman , who lives beyond Andover , coming to my house , when he got on ...
... usually with a north - east or east wind , much annoy this village with their smoke , and often alarm the country ; and once , in particular , I remember that a gentleman , who lives beyond Andover , coming to my house , when he got on ...
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... usually shy and timid , immediately came out of her hiding - place , and , running to the spot , seized and devoured it . From this time I fed her with insects whenever I could get they burrow deep in the earth , and make warm 1 4.8 ...
... usually shy and timid , immediately came out of her hiding - place , and , running to the spot , seized and devoured it . From this time I fed her with insects whenever I could get they burrow deep in the earth , and make warm 1 4.8 ...
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... usually two , never more than three , on the bare ground , without any nest , in the field , so that the countryman , in stirring his fallows , often destroys them . The young run immediately from the egg like partridges , & c . , and ...
... usually two , never more than three , on the bare ground , without any nest , in the field , so that the countryman , in stirring his fallows , often destroys them . The young run immediately from the egg like partridges , & c . , and ...
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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