The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... morning they have discovered these trees , in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they are concealed than in the surround- ing morass . Nor does this seem to be a fanciful notion , but consistent with ...
... morning they have discovered these trees , in the bogs , by the hoar frost , which lay longer over the space where they are concealed than in the surround- ing morass . Nor does this seem to be a fanciful notion , but consistent with ...
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... morning till four in the afternoon , and then return to their feeding . During this great proportion of the day they drop much dung , in which insects nestle ; and so supply food for the fish , which would be poorly subsisted but from ...
... morning till four in the afternoon , and then return to their feeding . During this great proportion of the day they drop much dung , in which insects nestle ; and so supply food for the fish , which would be poorly subsisted but from ...
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... morning . Had this lake an arm or two more , and were it planted round with thick covert ( for now it is perfectly naked ) , it might make a valuable decoy . Yet neither its extent , nor the clearness of its water , nor the resort of ...
... morning . Had this lake an arm or two more , and were it planted round with thick covert ( for now it is perfectly naked ) , it might make a valuable decoy . Yet neither its extent , nor the clearness of its water , nor the resort of ...
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... morning , a house - martin flying about , and settling on the parapet , so late as the 20th November . At present I know only two species of bats , the common Vespertilio murinus and the Vespertilio auritus . I was much entertained last ...
... morning , a house - martin flying about , and settling on the parapet , so late as the 20th November . At present I know only two species of bats , the common Vespertilio murinus and the Vespertilio auritus . I was much entertained last ...
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... morning early , and when undisturbed , it sings on the top of a twig , gaping and shivering with its wings . Mr. Ray himself had no knowledge of this bird , but received his account from Mr. Johnson , who apparently confounds it with ...
... morning early , and when undisturbed , it sings on the top of a twig , gaping and shivering with its wings . Mr. Ray himself had no knowledge of this bird , but received his account from Mr. Johnson , who apparently confounds it with ...
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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