The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... swifts , that have but two young to maintain , are much at their leisure , and do not attend on their nest for hours together . Sometimes they pursue and strike at hawks that come in their way ; but not with that vehemence and fury that ...
... swifts , that have but two young to maintain , are much at their leisure , and do not attend on their nest for hours together . Sometimes they pursue and strike at hawks that come in their way ; but not with that vehemence and fury that ...
Сторінка 178
... swifts more singular than in their early retreat . They retire , as to the main body of them , by the 10th August ... Swifts are much infested with those pests to the genus called hippo- bosca hirundinis , and often wriggle and scratch ...
... swifts more singular than in their early retreat . They retire , as to the main body of them , by the 10th August ... Swifts are much infested with those pests to the genus called hippo- bosca hirundinis , and often wriggle and scratch ...
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... swifts to remain beyond the beginning of August , yet that they can subsist longer is undeniable . The second is , that this uncommon event , as it was owing to the loss of the first brood , so it corroborates my former remark , that swifts ...
... swifts to remain beyond the beginning of August , yet that they can subsist longer is undeniable . The second is , that this uncommon event , as it was owing to the loss of the first brood , so it corroborates my former remark , that swifts ...
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