The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... soon be burnt up , and destroyed in so deep and hollow a nest , by their own caustic excrement . In the quadruped creation the same neat precaution is made use of ; particularly among dogs and cats , where the dams lick away what ...
... soon be burnt up , and destroyed in so deep and hollow a nest , by their own caustic excrement . In the quadruped creation the same neat precaution is made use of ; particularly among dogs and cats , where the dams lick away what ...
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... soon after which revivification they constantly die.— MARKWICK . SWALLOWS , CONGREGATING AND DISAPPEARANCE OF . During the severe winds that often prevail late in the spring , it is not easy to say how the hirundines subsist ; for they ...
... soon after which revivification they constantly die.— MARKWICK . SWALLOWS , CONGREGATING AND DISAPPEARANCE OF . During the severe winds that often prevail late in the spring , it is not easy to say how the hirundines subsist ; for they ...
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... soon as produced from the egg by the heat of the sun , they propagate their species , and soon after perish . They were black , somewhat like the small black ant , and had four wings . I saw also , at another place , a large sort ...
... soon as produced from the egg by the heat of the sun , they propagate their species , and soon after perish . They were black , somewhat like the small black ant , and had four wings . I saw also , at another place , a large sort ...
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Letters to Thomas Pennant | 3 |
Letters to the Hon Daines Barrington | 110 |
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abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn beeches birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district EDITED eggs Ernest Rhys feed feet female fern-owl field fieldfares flies flocks frequently frost garden grass ground Hanger haunt Havelock Ellis hedges hirundines Hirundo house-martins inches insects Introduction July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK martins migration morning Motacilla natural history neighbouring nest never night observed owls perhaps Portrait prey procure quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swarm swifts tail titmouse trees vast village WALTER SCOTT weather wild wings winter wonder woods wren young