The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... person finds upon trial that the note of the cuckoo ( of which we have but one species ) varies in different individuals ; for , about Selborne wood , he found they were mostly in D : he heard two sing together , the one in D , the ...
... person finds upon trial that the note of the cuckoo ( of which we have but one species ) varies in different individuals ; for , about Selborne wood , he found they were mostly in D : he heard two sing together , the one in D , the ...
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... person may be convinced that will take the pains to examine his grass - plots with a candle ; are hermaphrodites , and much addicted to venery , and consequently very prolific . LETTER XXXVI . SELBORNE , Nov. 22nd , 1777 . You cannot ...
... person may be convinced that will take the pains to examine his grass - plots with a candle ; are hermaphrodites , and much addicted to venery , and consequently very prolific . LETTER XXXVI . SELBORNE , Nov. 22nd , 1777 . You cannot ...
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... person approaches the haunt of fern - owls in an evening , they continue flying round the head of the obtruder ; and by striking their wings together above their backs , in the manner that the pigeons called smiters are known to do ...
... person approaches the haunt of fern - owls in an evening , they continue flying round the head of the obtruder ; and by striking their wings together above their backs , in the manner that the pigeons called smiters are known to do ...
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Letters to Thomas Pennant | 3 |
Letters to the Hon Daines Barrington | 110 |
From the year 1768 to the year 1793 | 291 |
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