The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1890 - 416 Seiten |
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... breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to ...
... breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to ...
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... breed there . In the winter this covert is also frequented by foxes , and sometimes by pheasants ; and the bogs produce many curious plants . † By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in 1635 , and the eleventh year of ...
... breed there . In the winter this covert is also frequented by foxes , and sometimes by pheasants ; and the bogs produce many curious plants . † By a perambulation of Wolmer Forest and the Holt , made in 1635 , and the eleventh year of ...
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... breed again once ; for I see by my Fauna of last year , that young broods came forth so late as September the 18th . * Are not these * It will be seen in perusing this work that Mr. White constantly enter- tained the idea that swallows ...
... breed again once ; for I see by my Fauna of last year , that young broods came forth so late as September the 18th . * Are not these * It will be seen in perusing this work that Mr. White constantly enter- tained the idea that swallows ...
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... breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of this parish . It is very amusing to see the cock bird on wing at that time , and to hear his piping and humming notes . I have had no opportunity yet of procuring any of those mice ...
... breed every summer in some moory ground on the verge of this parish . It is very amusing to see the cock bird on wing at that time , and to hear his piping and humming notes . I have had no opportunity yet of procuring any of those mice ...
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... breed outlet ; but were frightened and persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at rest . * in my Three grossbeaks ( loxia coccothraustes ) appeared some years ago in my fields , in the winter ; one of which I shot . Since ...
... breed outlet ; but were frightened and persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at rest . * in my Three grossbeaks ( loxia coccothraustes ) appeared some years ago in my fields , in the winter ; one of which I shot . Since ...
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