The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... breed ; and multitudes of widgeons and teals in hard weather frequent our lakes in the forest . Having some acquaintance with a tame brown owl , I find that it casts up the fur of mice , and the feathers of birds in pellets , after the ...
... breed ; and multitudes of widgeons and teals in hard weather frequent our lakes in the forest . Having some acquaintance with a tame brown owl , I find that it casts up the fur of mice , and the feathers of birds in pellets , after the ...
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... breed as many as eight at a litter , in a little round nest composed of the blades of grass or wheat . One of these nests I procured this autumn , most arti- ficially platted , and composed of the blades of wheat , perfectly round , and ...
... breed as many as eight at a litter , in a little round nest composed of the blades of grass or wheat . One of these nests I procured this autumn , most arti- ficially platted , and composed of the blades of wheat , perfectly round , and ...
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... breeding up amidst the straws of the standing corn , above the ground ; yet I find that , in the winter , they burrow deep in the earth , and make warm beds of grass : but their grand rendezvous seems to be in corn - ricks , into which ...
... breeding up amidst the straws of the standing corn , above the ground ; yet I find that , in the winter , they burrow deep in the earth , and make warm beds of grass : but their grand rendezvous seems to be in corn - ricks , into which ...
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... breeds in my vine . The redstart begins to sing , its note is short and imperfect , but is continued till about the middle of June . The willow - wrens ( the smaller sort ) are horrid pests in a garden , destroying the peas , cherries ...
... breeds in my vine . The redstart begins to sing , its note is short and imperfect , but is continued till about the middle of June . The willow - wrens ( the smaller sort ) are horrid pests in a garden , destroying the peas , cherries ...
Сторінка 46
... , species , or sex . In breeding - time snipes play over the moors , piping and humming ; they always hum as they are descending . Is not their hum ventriloquous like that of the turkey ? 46 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... , species , or sex . In breeding - time snipes play over the moors , piping and humming ; they always hum as they are descending . Is not their hum ventriloquous like that of the turkey ? 46 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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The Natural History of Selborne: And the Naturalist's Calendar Gilbert White Перегляд фрагмента - 1879 |
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