The Natural History of SelborneConstable and Company, 1829 - 343 стор. |
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... carried off , such fine chases were exhi- bited as served the country people for matter of talk and wonder for years afterwards . I saw myself one of the yeomen prickers single out a stag 22 FOREST OF WOLMER - DEER .
... carried off , such fine chases were exhi- bited as served the country people for matter of talk and wonder for years afterwards . I saw myself one of the yeomen prickers single out a stag 22 FOREST OF WOLMER - DEER .
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... wonder that the stone curlew , charadrius oedicnemus , should be mentioned by the writers as a rare bird ; it abounds in all the champaign parts of Hampshire and Sussex , and breeds , I think , all the summer , having young ones , I ...
... wonder that the stone curlew , charadrius oedicnemus , should be mentioned by the writers as a rare bird ; it abounds in all the champaign parts of Hampshire and Sussex , and breeds , I think , all the summer , having young ones , I ...
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... wonder to find that the organs of that little animal , when put in motion , gave a sensible vibration to the whole building ! This bird also sometimes makes a small squeak , repeated four or five times ; and I have observed that to ...
... wonder to find that the organs of that little animal , when put in motion , gave a sensible vibration to the whole building ! This bird also sometimes makes a small squeak , repeated four or five times ; and I have observed that to ...
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... wonder . If one looks into the writers on that subject , little satisfaction is to be found . Ingenious men will readily advance plausible arguments to support whatever theory they shall choose to maintain ; but then the misfortune is ...
... wonder . If one looks into the writers on that subject , little satisfaction is to be found . Ingenious men will readily advance plausible arguments to support whatever theory they shall choose to maintain ; but then the misfortune is ...
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... that perhaps was never so well examined before . It has always been matter of wonder to me , that fieldfares , which are so congenerous to thrushes and blackbirds , should never choose to breed in SQUNCK - Fieldfares . 91.
... that perhaps was never so well examined before . It has always been matter of wonder to me , that fieldfares , which are so congenerous to thrushes and blackbirds , should never choose to breed in SQUNCK - Fieldfares . 91.
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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