The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... swallow , though called the chimney - swallow , by no means builds altogether in chimneys , but often within barns and outhouses against the rafters ; and so she did in Virgil's time- " Antè Garrula quàm tignis nidos suspendat hirundo ...
... swallow , though called the chimney - swallow , by no means builds altogether in chimneys , but often within barns and outhouses against the rafters ; and so she did in Virgil's time- " Antè Garrula quàm tignis nidos suspendat hirundo ...
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... swallow , probably the male bird , is the excubitor to house - martins , and other little birds , announcing the approach of birds of prey . For as soon as a hawk appears , with a shrill alarming note he calls all the swallows and ...
... swallow , probably the male bird , is the excubitor to house - martins , and other little birds , announcing the approach of birds of prey . For as soon as a hawk appears , with a shrill alarming note he calls all the swallows and ...
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... swallow . In the first place the epithet garrula suits the swallow well , who is a great songster , and not the martin , which is rather a mute bird ; and when it sings is so inward as scarce to be heard . Besides , if tignum in that ...
... swallow . In the first place the epithet garrula suits the swallow well , who is a great songster , and not the martin , which is rather a mute bird ; and when it sings is so inward as scarce to be heard . Besides , if tignum in that ...
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