The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... sort ) are horrid pests in a garden , destroying the peas , cherries , cur- rants , etc .; and are so tame that a gun will not scare them . A LIST OF THE SUMMER BIRDS OF PASSAGE DISCOVERED IN NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 45.
... sort ) are horrid pests in a garden , destroying the peas , cherries , cur- rants , etc .; and are so tame that a gun will not scare them . A LIST OF THE SUMMER BIRDS OF PASSAGE DISCOVERED IN NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 45.
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... sort , on a sunny sandbank near Farnham in Surrey . I am well acquainted with the South Hams of Devonshire e ; and can suppose that district , from its southerly situation , to be a proper habitation for such animals in their best ...
... sort , on a sunny sandbank near Farnham in Surrey . I am well acquainted with the South Hams of Devonshire e ; and can suppose that district , from its southerly situation , to be a proper habitation for such animals in their best ...
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... sort that I mentioned is certainly a nondescript ; I saw but one this summer , and that I had no opportunity of taking . Your account of the Indian grass was entertaining . I am no angler myself ; but inquiring of those that are what ...
... sort that I mentioned is certainly a nondescript ; I saw but one this summer , and that I had no opportunity of taking . Your account of the Indian grass was entertaining . I am no angler myself ; but inquiring of those that are what ...
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... sort of tree it is that contains such a quantity of herons ' nests ; and whether the heronry consists of a whole grove of wood , or only of a few trees . It gave me satisfaction to find we accorded so well about the caprimulgus ; all I ...
... sort of tree it is that contains such a quantity of herons ' nests ; and whether the heronry consists of a whole grove of wood , or only of a few trees . It gave me satisfaction to find we accorded so well about the caprimulgus ; all I ...
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... sort of locustella , hinted at by Dr. Derham in Ray's Letters : see p . 108. He also procured me a grasshopper - lark . The question that you put with regard to those genera of animals that are peculiar to America - viz . , how they ...
... sort of locustella , hinted at by Dr. Derham in Ray's Letters : see p . 108. He also procured me a grasshopper - lark . The question that you put with regard to those genera of animals that are peculiar to America - viz . , how they ...
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