The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... till you had written a long letter about it . You might ask , for instance , whether the visits of 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 ...
... till you had written a long letter about it . You might ask , for instance , whether the visits of 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 ...
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... till next year , or a series of years , to verify any- thing he supposed might be ; something so entirely opposed to the modern lecturer . He gathered his facts very slowly ; they were like experience , which takes a lifetime to grow ...
... till next year , or a series of years , to verify any- thing he supposed might be ; something so entirely opposed to the modern lecturer . He gathered his facts very slowly ; they were like experience , which takes a lifetime to grow ...
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... till late in the day , when it was , in fact , too late , else this Calendar would have been of the utmost advantage to me . Such data , though they may refer to apparently trivial details , often prove in after years the basis of ...
... till late in the day , when it was , in fact , too late , else this Calendar would have been of the utmost advantage to me . Such data , though they may refer to apparently trivial details , often prove in after years the basis of ...
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... till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce little without the assistance of lime and turnips . LETTER II . In the court of Norton farmhouse , a manor - farm to the north - west of the village , on the white malms , stood within ...
... till it mingles with the forest ; and will produce little without the assistance of lime and turnips . LETTER II . In the court of Norton farmhouse , a manor - farm to the north - west of the village , on the white malms , stood within ...
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... till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled . in the month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , —the wedges were inserted into the opening , -the woods echoed to the heavy ...
... till the fatal day arrived in which the wood was to be levelled . in the month of February , when those birds usually sit . The saw was applied to the butt , —the wedges were inserted into the opening , -the woods echoed to the heavy ...
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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