The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... hundred head . A sight this , worthy the attention of the greatest sovereign ! But he farther adds that , by means of the Waltham blacks , or , to use his own expression , as soon as they began blacking , they were reduced to about ...
... hundred head . A sight this , worthy the attention of the greatest sovereign ! But he farther adds that , by means of the Waltham blacks , or , to use his own expression , as soon as they began blacking , they were reduced to about ...
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... hundreds of acres nothing is to be seen but smother and desolation , the whole circuit round looking like the cinders of a volcano ; and , the soil being quite exhausted , no traces of vegetation are to be found for years . These ...
... hundreds of acres nothing is to be seen but smother and desolation , the whole circuit round looking like the cinders of a volcano ; and , the soil being quite exhausted , no traces of vegetation are to be found for years . These ...
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... hundreds were in sight at a time . LETTER XII . November 4th , 1767 . Ir gave me no small satisfaction to hear that the falco turned out an uncommon one . I must confess I should have been better pleased to have heard that I had sent ...
... hundreds were in sight at a time . LETTER XII . November 4th , 1767 . Ir gave me no small satisfaction to hear that the falco turned out an uncommon one . I must confess I should have been better pleased to have heard that I had sent ...
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... hundred , most of which were taken , and some I saw . I measured them ; and found that , from nose to tail , they were just two inches and * See Ray's Travels , p . 466 . a quarter , and their tails just two inches long NATURAL HISTORY ...
... hundred , most of which were taken , and some I saw . I measured them ; and found that , from nose to tail , they were just two inches and * See Ray's Travels , p . 466 . a quarter , and their tails just two inches long NATURAL HISTORY ...
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... hundred yards distance ; and when close at your ear , is scarce any louder than when a great way off . Had I not been a little acquainted with insects , and known that the grasshopper kind is not yet hatched , I should have hardly ...
... hundred yards distance ; and when close at your ear , is scarce any louder than when a great way off . Had I not been a little acquainted with insects , and known that the grasshopper kind is not yet hatched , I should have hardly ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn beeches birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district Edited eggs feed feet female fern-owl field fieldfares flies flocks frequently frost garden grass ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines Hirundo house-martins inches insects Joseph Skipsey July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK martins migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbouring nest never night observed owls perhaps plants ponds prey procure quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swarm swifts tail thrushes titmouse trees vast village weather wild wings winter wonder Woodlark woods wren young