The Natural History of SelborneWhittaker, Treacher & Company, 1832 - 325 Seiten |
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... Winter Birds of Passage Wolmer Pond Woodcocks .... Woodpigeons Worms Wren , Golden Crowned Wren , Willow Yellow Hammer 159 , 167 ... 128 239 57 52 145 33 , 89 60 64 307 43 136 27 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . PART I. IN A INDEX . XV.
... Winter Birds of Passage Wolmer Pond Woodcocks .... Woodpigeons Worms Wren , Golden Crowned Wren , Willow Yellow Hammer 159 , 167 ... 128 239 57 52 145 33 , 89 60 64 307 43 136 27 THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . PART I. IN A INDEX . XV.
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... winter , nine gallons of water in a minute , which is five hundred and forty in an hour , and twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty , or two hundred and sixteen hogsheads , in twenty - four hours , or one natural day . At this time ...
... winter , nine gallons of water in a minute , which is five hundred and forty in an hour , and twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty , or two hundred and sixteen hogsheads , in twenty - four hours , or one natural day . At this time ...
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... winter's morning they have discovered these trees in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they were con- cealed , than on the surrounding morass . Nor does this seem to be a fanciful notion , but ...
... winter's morning they have discovered these trees in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they were con- cealed , than on the surrounding morass . Nor does this seem to be a fanciful notion , but ...
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... winter , but 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 ...
... winter , but 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 ...
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... 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 . I saw my- self one of the yeomen prickers single out a stag from the ...
... 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 . I saw my- self one of the yeomen prickers single out a stag from the ...
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