The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... common in grates , and about as charming . They contain everything ; they tell you in every page they are teaching you , and leave you without a single idea fixed in the memory . If any one accus- tomed to such heavily - edited volumes ...
... common in grates , and about as charming . They contain everything ; they tell you in every page they are teaching you , and leave you without a single idea fixed in the memory . If any one accus- tomed to such heavily - edited volumes ...
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... common about this village . As we were cutting an inclining path up the Hanger , the labourers found them frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . In the lane above Well - head , in ...
... common about this village . As we were cutting an inclining path up the Hanger , the labourers found them frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . In the lane above Well - head , in ...
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... common , and that was the heath - cock , black - game , or grouse . When I was a little boy I recollect one coming now and then to my father's table . The last pack remembered was killed about thirty - five years ago ; and within these ...
... common , and that was the heath - cock , black - game , or grouse . When I was a little boy I recollect one coming now and then to my father's table . The last pack remembered was killed about thirty - five years ago ; and within these ...
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... common . One thing is remarkable , that though the Holt has been of old well stocked with fallow - deer , unrestrained by any pales or fences more than a common hedge , yet they were never seen within the limits of Wolmer ; nor were the ...
... common . One thing is remarkable , that though the Holt has been of old well stocked with fallow - deer , unrestrained by any pales or fences more than a common hedge , yet they were never seen within the limits of Wolmer ; nor were the ...
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... common 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 ...
... common 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 ...
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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