The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... birds to flowers may not have something to do with modifying their form as well as those of insects . As many animals eat honey , and as man himself in every country , from the Hottentots upwards , seeks for honey , it may be said that ...
... birds to flowers may not have something to do with modifying their form as well as those of insects . As many animals eat honey , and as man himself in every country , from the Hottentots upwards , seeks for honey , it may be said that ...
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... birds come to the surface of the green leaf to take breath . Over the pond brilliantly coloured insects float to and fro , and the fish that never seem to move from the dark depths do move and do come up in sight . Be very careful not ...
... birds come to the surface of the green leaf to take breath . Over the pond brilliantly coloured insects float to and fro , and the fish that never seem to move from the dark depths do move and do come up in sight . Be very careful not ...
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... birds himself , to my no small disappointment , he answered me in the negative ; but that others assured him they ... birds ! A little yellow bird ( it is either a species of the alauda trivialis , or rather perhaps of the Motacilla ...
... birds himself , to my no small disappointment , he answered me in the negative ; but that others assured him they ... birds ! A little yellow bird ( it is either a species of the alauda trivialis , or rather perhaps of the Motacilla ...
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... birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a question whether the blackcap ( Motacilla atricapilla ) be a bird of passage or not : I think there is no doubt of it : for , in April , in the first fine weather , they ...
... birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a question whether the blackcap ( Motacilla atricapilla ) be a bird of passage or not : I think there is no doubt of it : for , in April , in the first fine weather , they ...
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... birds . As to wild fowls , we have a few teems of ducks bred in the moors where the snipes breed ; and multitudes of widgeons and teals in hard weather frequent our lakes in the forest . Having some acquaintance with a tame brown owl ...
... birds . As to wild fowls , we have a few teems of ducks bred in the moors where the snipes breed ; and multitudes of widgeons and teals in hard weather frequent our lakes in the forest . Having some acquaintance with a tame brown owl ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn beeches birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district Edited eggs feed feet female fern-owl field fieldfares flies flocks frequently frost garden grass ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines Hirundo house-martins inches insects Joseph Skipsey July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK martins migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbouring nest never night observed owls perhaps plants ponds prey procure quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swarm swifts tail thrushes titmouse trees vast village weather wild wings winter wonder Woodlark woods wren young