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Besides the oak , I have also been shown pieces of fossil wood of a paler colour
and softer nature , which the inhabitants called fir : but , upon a nice examination ,
and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in them ; and therefore rather ...
Besides the oak , I have also been shown pieces of fossil wood of a paler colour
and softer nature , which the inhabitants called fir : but , upon a nice examination ,
and trial by fire , I could discover nothing resinous in them ; and therefore rather ...
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This lonely domain is a very agreeable haunt for many sorts of wild fowls , which
not only frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as
lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few
years , teals ...
This lonely domain is a very agreeable haunt for many sorts of wild fowls , which
not only frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as
lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few
years , teals ...
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Letters , that he has discovered three . In these there is again an instance of
some very 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 ...
Letters , that he has discovered three . In these there is again an instance of
some very 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 ...
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Now I have discovered a rat on the banks of our little stream that is not web -
footed , and yet is an excellent swimmer and diver : it answers exactly to the Mus
amphibius of Linnæus ( see Syst . Nat . ) which he says " natat in fossis et urinatur
.
Now I have discovered a rat on the banks of our little stream that is not web -
footed , and yet is an excellent swimmer and diver : it answers exactly to the Mus
amphibius of Linnæus ( see Syst . Nat . ) which he says " natat in fossis et urinatur
.
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In the middle of February I discovered , in my tall hedges , a little bird that raised
my curiosity : it was of that yellowgreen colour that belongs to the salicaria kind ,
and , I think , was soft billed . It was no parus ; and was too long and too big for ...
In the middle of February I discovered , in my tall hedges , a little bird that raised
my curiosity : it was of that yellowgreen colour that belongs to the salicaria kind ,
and , I think , was soft billed . It was no parus ; and was too long and too big for ...
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| Titel | The Natural History of Selborne: With A Naturalist's Calendar & Additional Observations Camelot series |
| Autor/in | Gilbert White |
| Verlag | Scott, 1887 |
| Original von | Princeton University |
| Digitalisiert | 1. Dez. 2008 |
| Länge | 366 Seiten |
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