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and solace themselves from about ten in the morning till four in the afternoon ,
and then return to their feeding . During this great proportion of the day they drop
much dung , in which insects nestle ; and so supply food for the fish , which would
...
and solace themselves from about ten in the morning till four in the afternoon ,
and then return to their feeding . During this great proportion of the day they drop
much dung , in which insects nestle ; and so supply food for the fish , which would
...
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Before feeding their young , they alighted on a tree for a few seconds , looked
round them , and shooting forwards by short jerks , they caught the flying insects ;
at other times they hovered in the air , and dropped like a hawk on their prey .
Before feeding their young , they alighted on a tree for a few seconds , looked
round them , and shooting forwards by short jerks , they caught the flying insects ;
at other times they hovered in the air , and dropped like a hawk on their prey .
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Birds of prey occasionally feed on insects : thus have I seen a tame kite picking
up the female ants full of eggs with much satisfaction . ] — OBSERVATIONS ON
NATURE . LETTER XI . S3 T will not be without impatience OF SELBORNE . 45.
Birds of prey occasionally feed on insects : thus have I seen a tame kite picking
up the female ants full of eggs with much satisfaction . ] — OBSERVATIONS ON
NATURE . LETTER XI . S3 T will not be without impatience OF SELBORNE . 45.
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They used to march about in a stately manner , feeding in the walks , many times
in the day ; and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frighted and
persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at rest . Three grosbeaks ...
They used to march about in a stately manner , feeding in the walks , many times
in the day ; and seemed disposed to breed in my outlet ; but were frighted and
persecuted by idle boys , who would never let them be at rest . Three grosbeaks ...
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If you gave it anything to eat , it brought its wings round before the mouth ,
hovering and hiding its head in the manner of birds of prey when they feed . The
adroitness it showed in shearing off the wings of Alies , which were always
rejected ...
If you gave it anything to eat , it brought its wings round before the mouth ,
hovering and hiding its head in the manner of birds of prey when they feed . The
adroitness it showed in shearing off the wings of Alies , which were always
rejected ...
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Seite 80 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Seite 406 - Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Seite 180 - No part of its behaviour ever struck me more than the extreme timidity it always expresses with regard to rain ; for though it has a shell that would secure it against the wheel of a loaded cart, yet does it discover as much solicitude about rain as a lady dressed in all her best attire, shuffling away on the first sprinklings, and running its head up in a corner.
Seite 197 - Thus careful workmen when they build mud walls (informed at first perhaps by this little bird) raise but a moderate layer at a time, and then desist ; lest the work should become top-heavy, and so be ruined by its own weight. By this method in about ten or twelve days is formed an hemispheric nest with a small aperture towards the top, strong, compact, and warm ; and perfectly fitted for all the purposes for which it was intended.
Seite 276 - ... it is supposed that a shrewmouse ia of so baneful and deleterious a nature, that wherever it creeps over a beast, be it horse, cow, or sheep, the suffering animal is afflicted with cruel anguish, and threatened with the loss of the use of the limb.
Seite 156 - MILTOK. but scout and hurry along in little detached parties of six or seven in a company ; and sweeping low, just over the surface of the land and water, direct their course to the opposite continent at the narrowest passage they can find.
Seite 182 - Zoology (the stoparola of Ray) builds every year in the vines that grow on the walls of my house. A pair of these little birds had one year inadvertently placed their nest on a naked bough, perhaps in a shady time, not being aware of the inconvenience that followed. But...
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| Titel | The Natural History of Selborne: With Miscellaneous Observations and Explanatory Notes |
| Autor/in | Gilbert White |
| Verlag | Bell and Daldy, 1862 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 11. Sept. 2006 |
| Länge | 426 Seiten |
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