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There are also remarks with regard to fish and other animals ; with miscellaneous
observations and memoranda on various subjects . For instance , we are told that
on the 21st of June , house - martins , which had laid their eggs in an old nest ...
There are also remarks with regard to fish and other animals ; with miscellaneous
observations and memoranda on various subjects . For instance , we are told that
on the 21st of June , house - martins , which had laid their eggs in an old nest ...
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The latter have always four eggs , which are generally deposited on a dry bank .
As soon as the eggs are hatched , the young are conveyed to wet swampy
grounds . Sir Charles Taylor of Hollycombe , for many years past , has had ...
The latter have always four eggs , which are generally deposited on a dry bank .
As soon as the eggs are hatched , the young are conveyed to wet swampy
grounds . Sir Charles Taylor of Hollycombe , for many years past , has had ...
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The eggs were five in number , about the size of a skylark's , but shorter and
rounder , and spotted with bluish ash and olive brown , some of the spots
inclining to dusky or brackish brown . The markings were variously distributed on
the ...
The eggs were five in number , about the size of a skylark's , but shorter and
rounder , and spotted with bluish ash and olive brown , some of the spots
inclining to dusky or brackish brown . The markings were variously distributed on
the ...
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The house - martins have eggs still , and squab young . The last swift I observed
was about the 21st of August : it was a straggler . Redstarts , fly - catchers , white -
throats , and reguli non cristati , still appear ; but I have seen no black - caps ...
The house - martins have eggs still , and squab young . The last swift I observed
was about the 21st of August : it was a straggler . Redstarts , fly - catchers , white -
throats , and reguli non cristati , still appear ; but I have seen no black - caps ...
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Query - Might not Canary birds be naturalised to this climate , provided their eggs
were put in the spring into the nests of their congeners , as goldfinches ,
greenfinches , & c . ? Before winter , perhaps , iley might be hardened , and able
to shift ...
Query - Might not Canary birds be naturalised to this climate , provided their eggs
were put in the spring into the nests of their congeners , as goldfinches ,
greenfinches , & c . ? Before winter , perhaps , iley might be hardened , and able
to shift ...
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| Titel | The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's Calendar Bohn's illustrated library |
| Autor/in | Gilbert White |
| Verlag | G. Bell, 1890 |
| Original von | Northwestern University |
| Digitalisiert | 22. Dez. 2010 |
| Länge | 416 Seiten |
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