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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... females . There were many more congregated with them in the ruins of the barn in which they were taken ; but the rest escaped . They were brought to me in a tin powder canister , in which they had been kept for several days ; and on ...
... females . There were many more congregated with them in the ruins of the barn in which they were taken ; but the rest escaped . They were brought to me in a tin powder canister , in which they had been kept for several days ; and on ...
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... females . The fifth individual , a male , was exceedingly restless and savage from the first ; biting the females , and breaking his teeth against the wires of the cage in his attempts to escape from his place of con- finement . He ...
... females . The fifth individual , a male , was exceedingly restless and savage from the first ; biting the females , and breaking his teeth against the wires of the cage in his attempts to escape from his place of con- finement . He ...
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... female noctule , which were published in the Proceedings of that body for 1834 . These are less adapted to the general , than to the scientific , reader . It would seem probable , from the account given in the text of its manner of ...
... female noctule , which were published in the Proceedings of that body for 1834 . These are less adapted to the general , than to the scientific , reader . It would seem probable , from the account given in the text of its manner of ...
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... female with young , both of which I have preserved in brandy . From the colour , shape , size and manner of nesting , I make no doubt but that the species is nondescript . They are much smaller , and more slender , than the mus ...
... female with young , both of which I have preserved in brandy . From the colour , shape , size and manner of nesting , I make no doubt but that the species is nondescript . They are much smaller , and more slender , than the mus ...
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... females ; at least fifty to one . This extraordinary occurrence brought to my mind the remark of Linnæus , that " before ... female flocks migrate from the other end of the island , or whether they come over to us from the continent . We ...
... females ; at least fifty to one . This extraordinary occurrence brought to my mind the remark of Linnæus , that " before ... female flocks migrate from the other end of the island , or whether they come over to us from the continent . We ...
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