The Natural History of SelborneW. Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... female swallow , and this ere any young broods appeared ; so that there was no danger of confounding the dams with their pulli : and besides , as they were then always in pairs , and busied in the employ of nidification , there could be ...
... female swallow , and this ere any young broods appeared ; so that there was no danger of confounding the dams with their pulli : and besides , as they were then always in pairs , and busied in the employ of nidification , there could be ...
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... females , who vastly exceed the males in bulk , dart and shoot along on the surface of the water with the males on their backs . When a female chooses to be disengaged , she rears , and jumps , and plunges , like an unruly colt ; the ...
... females , who vastly exceed the males in bulk , dart and shoot along on the surface of the water with the males on their backs . When a female chooses to be disengaged , she rears , and jumps , and plunges , like an unruly colt ; the ...
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... females at this time are pregnant ; the males that escape being eaten , wander away and die . October 2nd . Flying - ants , male and female , usually swarm and migrate on hot sunny days in August and September : but this day a vast ...
... females at this time are pregnant ; the males that escape being eaten , wander away and die . October 2nd . Flying - ants , male and female , usually swarm and migrate on hot sunny days in August and September : but this day a vast ...
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