The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... birds , hoopoes , Oro pendolos , or golden thrushes , etc. , etc. , and also of many of our soft - billed summer birds of passage ; and moreover of birds which never leave us , such as all the various sorts of hawks and kites . Old ...
... birds , hoopoes , Oro pendolos , or golden thrushes , etc. , etc. , and also of many of our soft - billed summer birds of passage ; and moreover of birds which never leave us , such as all the various sorts of hawks and kites . Old ...
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Gilbert White. OBSERVATIONS ON BIRDS , BIRDS IN GENERAL . IN severe weather , fieldfares , redwings , skylarks , and titlarks resort to watered meadows for food ; the latter wades up to its belly in pursuit of the pupa of insects , and ...
Gilbert White. OBSERVATIONS ON BIRDS , BIRDS IN GENERAL . IN severe weather , fieldfares , redwings , skylarks , and titlarks resort to watered meadows for food ; the latter wades up to its belly in pursuit of the pupa of insects , and ...
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... bird as the object of his prey , and had struck it down the instant that my approach had obliged the birds to rise on the wing ; but the space between the hedges was so small , and the birds so instantaneous and quick , that I could not ...
... bird as the object of his prey , and had struck it down the instant that my approach had obliged the birds to rise on the wing ; but the space between the hedges was so small , and the birds so instantaneous and quick , that I could not ...
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