The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... breed in old crows ' nests , and the kestril in churches and ruins . There are supposed to be two sorts of eels in the island of Ely . The threads sometimes discovered in eels are perhaps their young : the generation of eels is very ...
... breed in old crows ' nests , and the kestril in churches and ruins . There are supposed to be two sorts of eels in the island of Ely . The threads sometimes discovered in eels are perhaps their young : the generation of eels is very ...
Сторінка 171
... breeding , were it not for the coming forth of the broods , which appear much about the time , or rather some- what ... breed near hedges and enclosures , they are dispossessed of their breeding holes by the house- sparrow , which is on ...
... breeding , were it not for the coming forth of the broods , which appear much about the time , or rather some- what ... breed near hedges and enclosures , they are dispossessed of their breeding holes by the house- sparrow , which is on ...
Сторінка 177
... only in the number of their young , but in breeding but once in a summer ; whereas all the other British hirundines breed invariably twice . It is past all doubt that swifts can breed but once , 303 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 177.
... only in the number of their young , but in breeding but once in a summer ; whereas all the other British hirundines breed invariably twice . It is past all doubt that swifts can breed but once , 303 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 177.
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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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