The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 стор. |
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... wild about deer - stealing . Unless he was a hunter , as they affected to call themselves , no young person was allowed to be possessed of manhood or gallantry . The Waltham blacks at length committed such enormities , that govern- ment ...
... wild about deer - stealing . Unless he was a hunter , as they affected to call themselves , no young person was allowed to be possessed of manhood or gallantry . The Waltham blacks at length committed such enormities , that govern- ment ...
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... wild ducks , teals , snipes , etc. , that they breed there . In the winter this covert is also frequented by foxes , and sometimes by pheasants ; and the bogs produce many curious plants . ( For which consult Letter XLI . to Mr ...
... wild ducks , teals , snipes , etc. , that they breed there . In the winter this covert is also frequented by foxes , and sometimes by pheasants ; and the bogs produce many curious plants . ( For which consult Letter XLI . to Mr ...
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... wild boars and sows in his forests , to the great terror of the neighbourhood , and , at one time , a wild bull or buffalo ; but the country rose upon them and destroyed them . A very large fall of timber , consisting of about one ...
... wild boars and sows in his forests , to the great terror of the neighbourhood , and , at one time , a wild bull or buffalo ; but the country rose upon them and destroyed them . A very large fall of timber , consisting of about one ...
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... wild- ducks and snipes ; but , when it was shot , had just knocked down a rook , which it was tearing in pieces . I cannot make it answer to any of our English hawks ; neither could I find any like it at the curious exhibition of ...
... wild- ducks and snipes ; but , when it was shot , had just knocked down a rook , which it was tearing in pieces . I cannot make it answer to any of our English hawks ; neither could I find any like it at the curious exhibition of ...
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... wild fowls , we have a few teems of ducks bred in the moors where the snipes 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 ...
... wild fowls , we have a few teems of ducks bred in the moors where the snipes 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 ...
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The Natural History of Selborne: And the Naturalist's Calendar Gilbert White Перегляд фрагмента - 1879 |
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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