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... retire constantly to the water during the hotter hours ; where , being more
exempt from flies , and inhaling the coolness of that element , some belly deep ,
and some only to mid - leg , they ruminate and solace themselves from about ten
in the ...
... retire constantly to the water during the hotter hours ; where , being more
exempt from flies , and inhaling the coolness of that element , some belly deep ,
and some only to mid - leg , they ruminate and solace themselves from about ten
in the ...
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I saw the birds myself nailed against the end of a barn , and was surprised to find
that their bills , legs , feet , and claws were milk - white . A shepherd saw , as he
thought , some white larks on a down above my house this winter : were not ...
I saw the birds myself nailed against the end of a barn , and was surprised to find
that their bills , legs , feet , and claws were milk - white . A shepherd saw , as he
thought , some white larks on a down above my house this winter : were not ...
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... almost any day ; and any evening you may hear them round the village , for
they make a clamour which may be heard a mile . Oedicnemus is a most apt and
expressive name for them , since their legs seem swoln like those of a gouty man
.
... almost any day ; and any evening you may hear them round the village , for
they make a clamour which may be heard a mile . Oedicnemus is a most apt and
expressive name for them , since their legs seem swoln like those of a gouty man
.
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The legs of the larger of these two are flesh - coloured ; of the less black . The
grasshopper - lark began his sibilous note in my fields last Saturday . Nothing
can be more amusing than the whisper of this little bird , which seems to be close
by ...
The legs of the larger of these two are flesh - coloured ; of the less black . The
grasshopper - lark began his sibilous note in my fields last Saturday . Nothing
can be more amusing than the whisper of this little bird , which seems to be close
by ...
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While it is an aquatic it has a fish - like tail , and no legs ; as soon as the legs
sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the animal betakes itself to the land !
Merret , I trust , is widely mistaken when he advances that the Rana arborea is an
...
While it is an aquatic it has a fish - like tail , and no legs ; as soon as the legs
sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the animal betakes itself to the land !
Merret , I trust , is widely mistaken when he advances that the Rana arborea is an
...
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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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