The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... 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 to go too far ; keep round the skirts of ...
... 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 to go too far ; keep round the skirts of ...
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... leaf is out , there is no making any remarks on such a restless tribe ; and when once the young begin to appear it is all confusion : there is no distinction of genus , species , or sex . In breeding - time snipes play over the moors ...
... leaf is out , there is no making any remarks on such a restless tribe ; and when once the young begin to appear it is all confusion : there is no distinction of genus , species , or sex . In breeding - time snipes play over the moors ...
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... leaf - shelter'd let us stray , ' Till blended objects fail the swimming sight , And all the fading landscape sinks in night ; To hear the drowsy dorr come brushing by With buzzing wing , or the shrill * cricket cry ; To see the feeding ...
... leaf - shelter'd let us stray , ' Till blended objects fail the swimming sight , And all the fading landscape sinks in night ; To hear the drowsy dorr come brushing by With buzzing wing , or the shrill * cricket cry ; To see the feeding ...
Seite 73
... leaves . At one end of the burrow lay above a gallon of potatoes regularly stowed , on which it was to have supported itself for the winter . But the difficulty with me is how this amphibius mus came to fix its winter station at such a ...
... leaves . At one end of the burrow lay above a gallon of potatoes regularly stowed , on which it was to have supported itself for the winter . But the difficulty with me is how this amphibius mus came to fix its winter station at such a ...
Seite 74
... their upper mandible , which is much longer than their lower , they bore under the plant , and so eat the root off upwards , leaving the tuft of leaves untouched . In this respect they are serviceable , as 74 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... their upper mandible , which is much longer than their lower , they bore under the plant , and so eat the root off upwards , leaving the tuft of leaves untouched . In this respect they are serviceable , as 74 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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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