The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... doubt would be settled with me at once , provided they construct their nests on trees , like the ring - dove , as I much suspect they do . You received , you say , last spring a stock - dove from Sussex ; and are informed that they ...
... doubt would be settled with me at once , provided they construct their nests on trees , like the ring - dove , as I much suspect they do . You received , you say , last spring a stock - dove from Sussex ; and are informed that they ...
Сторінка 122
... doubt persists with more steadiness than any other ; but the woodlark , the wren , the redbreast , the swallow , the white - throat , the goldfinch , the common linnet , are all undoubted instances of the truth of what I advanced . If ...
... doubt persists with more steadiness than any other ; but the woodlark , the wren , the redbreast , the swallow , the white - throat , the goldfinch , the common linnet , are all undoubted instances of the truth of what I advanced . If ...
Сторінка 317
... doubt , of the game that lurked in the stubble . Hence we may conclude that this bird of prey was rendered very daring and bold by hunger , and that hawks cannot always seize their game when they please . We may farther observe , that ...
... doubt , of the game that lurked in the stubble . Hence we may conclude that this bird of prey was rendered very daring and bold by hunger , and that hawks cannot always seize their game when they please . We may farther observe , that ...
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