The Natural History of Selborne, Том 1Bell and Daldy, 1868 |
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... middle of the stem . On this a pair of ravens had fixed their re- sidence for such a series of years , that the oak was distinguished by the title of The Raven - tree . Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this ...
... middle of the stem . On this a pair of ravens had fixed their re- sidence for such a series of years , that the oak was distinguished by the title of The Raven - tree . Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this ...
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... middle of August invariably ! while the latter stay often till the middle of October ; once I even saw numbers of house - martins on the seventh of Novem- ber . The martins , red - wings and fieldfares were flying in sight together ; an ...
... middle of August invariably ! while the latter stay often till the middle of October ; once I even saw numbers of house - martins on the seventh of Novem- ber . The martins , red - wings and fieldfares were flying in sight together ; an ...
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... middle of April and the first week in May : the swallow , Hirundo rustica , first ; the sand martin , Cotile ri- paria , next ; followed closely by the house martin , Chelidon urbica ; and lastly comes the swift , Cypselus apus.-ED. The ...
... middle of April and the first week in May : the swallow , Hirundo rustica , first ; the sand martin , Cotile ri- paria , next ; followed closely by the house martin , Chelidon urbica ; and lastly comes the swift , Cypselus apus.-ED. The ...
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... middle , was a small aperture , which ap- peared to be closed during the absence of the parent , and was scarcely observable when one of the young ones had escaped through it . The inside felt soft and warm , smooth , and nearly rounded ...
... middle , was a small aperture , which ap- peared to be closed during the absence of the parent , and was scarcely observable when one of the young ones had escaped through it . The inside felt soft and warm , smooth , and nearly rounded ...
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... middle of February I discovered , in my tall hedges , a little bird that raised my curiosity : it was of that yellow - green colour that belongs to the sali- caria kind , and , I think , was soft - billed . It was no parus ; and was too ...
... middle of February I discovered , in my tall hedges , a little bird that raised my curiosity : it was of that yellow - green colour that belongs to the sali- caria kind , and , I think , was soft - billed . It was no parus ; and was too ...
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Сторінка 89 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Сторінка 167 - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
Сторінка 9 - Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry : the difficulty whetted their inclinations, and each was ambitious of surmounting the arduous task ; but when they arrived at the swelling, it jutted out so in their way, and was so far beyond their grasp, that the most daring lads were awed, and acknowledged the undertaking to be too hazardous. So the ravens built on, nest upon nest, in perfect security, till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled. It was...
Сторінка 53 - ... roll across the table without being discomposed, though it contained eight little mice that were naked and blind. As this nest was perfectly full, how could the dam come at her litter respectively so as to administer a teat to each? Perhaps she opens different places for that purpose, adjusting them again when the business is over; but she could not possibly be contained herself in the ball with her young, which moreover would be daily increasing in bulk. This wonderful procreant cradle, an elegant...
Сторінка 22 - Forest in succession for more than a hundred years. This person assures me that his father has often told him that Queen Anne, as she was journeying on the Portsmouth road, did not think the forest of Wolmer beneath her royal regard. For she came out of the great road at Lippock...
Сторінка 192 - Dams will throw themselves in the way of the greatest danger in order to avert it from their progeny. Thus a partridge will tumble along before a sportsman in order to draw away the dogs from her helpless covey. In the time of nidification the most feeble birds will assault the most rapacious.
Сторінка 128 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? Or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, And warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may break them. She is hardened against her young ones, As though they were not hers...
Сторінка 180 - The powers of its wing were wonderful, exceeding, if possible, the various evolutions and quick turns of the swallow genus. But the circumstance that pleased me most was, that I saw it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg while on the wing, and, by a bend of the head, deliver somewhat into its mouth. If it takes any part of its prey with its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these chafers, I no longer wonder at the use of its middle toe, which is curiously furnished...
Сторінка 194 - ... followed. But a hot sunny season coming on before the brood was half fledged, the reflection of the wall became insupportable, and must inevitably have destroyed the tender young, had not affection suggested an expedient, and prompted the parent birds to hover over the nest all the hotter hours, while, with wings expanded, and mouths gaping for breath, they screened off the heat from their suffering offspring.
Сторінка 130 - The manner in which they eat the roots of the plantain in the grasswalk is very curious : with their upper mandible, which is much longer than their lower, they bore under the plant, and so eat the root off upwards, leaving the tuft of leaves untouched.