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... stag , some of which showed extraordinary diversion ; but , in the following
winter , when the hinds were also carried off , such fine chases were exhi . bited
as served the country people for matter of talk and wonder for years afterwards .
... stag , some of which showed extraordinary diversion ; but , in the following
winter , when the hinds were also carried off , such fine chases were exhi . bited
as served the country people for matter of talk and wonder for years afterwards .
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Having taken great interest in watching these little birds , I was led to wonder how
the young ones would manage , or whether they would be left to starve . To my
great surprise I found the old birds carrying mud one morning , and most carefully
...
Having taken great interest in watching these little birds , I was led to wonder how
the young ones would manage , or whether they would be left to starve . To my
great surprise I found the old birds carrying mud one morning , and most carefully
...
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I wonder that the stone curlew , charadrius oedicnemus , should be mentioned by
the writers as a rare bird ; it abounds in all the champaign parts of Hampshire and
Sussex , and breeds , I think , all the summer , having young ones , I know ...
I wonder that the stone curlew , charadrius oedicnemus , should be mentioned by
the writers as a rare bird ; it abounds in all the champaign parts of Hampshire and
Sussex , and breeds , I think , all the summer , having young ones , I know ...
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tinued his note for many minutes ; and we were all struck with wonder to find that
the organs of that little animal , when put in motion , gave a sensible vibration to
the whole building !. This bird also sometimes makes a small squeak , repeated ...
tinued his note for many minutes ; and we were all struck with wonder to find that
the organs of that little animal , when put in motion , gave a sensible vibration to
the whole building !. This bird also sometimes makes a small squeak , repeated ...
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The question that you put with regard to those genera of · animals that are
peculiar to America , viz . how they came there , and whence ? is too puzzling for
me to answer ; and yet so obvious as often to have struck me with wonder . If one
looks ...
The question that you put with regard to those genera of · animals that are
peculiar to America , viz . how they came there , and whence ? is too puzzling for
me to answer ; and yet so obvious as often to have struck me with wonder . If one
looks ...
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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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