The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 Seiten |
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... observe , that so rational an employment of leisure time as the study of nature , promises to become popular ; since ... observations have been too much neglected . But we agree with Mr. White in his idea of parochial history , which ...
... observe , that so rational an employment of leisure time as the study of nature , promises to become popular ; since ... observations have been too much neglected . But we agree with Mr. White in his idea of parochial history , which ...
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... observed by the sullen influence of a rainy day , nor torn by the rude hand of winter . Descending into ' the single straggling street ' of which the village consists , my steps were instinctively directed towards the hanger , and I ...
... observed by the sullen influence of a rainy day , nor torn by the rude hand of winter . Descending into ' the single straggling street ' of which the village consists , my steps were instinctively directed towards the hanger , and I ...
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... observed them of large dimensions , perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains ...
... observed them of large dimensions , perhaps fourteen or sixteen inches in diameter . But as these did not consist of firm stone , but were formed of a kind of terra lapidosa , or hardened clay , as soon as they were exposed to the rains ...
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... observation , viz . , Nov. 29 , 1731 , a little snow having fallen in the night , it was , by eleven the next ... observations be reduced to domestic use , by promoting the discovery of old obliterated drains and wells about houses ; and ...
... observation , viz . , Nov. 29 , 1731 , a little snow having fallen in the night , it was , by eleven the next ... observations be reduced to domestic use , by promoting the discovery of old obliterated drains and wells about houses ; and ...
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... observation on the colour of the pupils and the irides . The most unusual birds I ever observed in these parts were a pair of hoopoes , ( upupa , ) * which came several years ago in the summer , and frequented an ornamental piece of * A ...
... observation on the colour of the pupils and the irides . The most unusual birds I ever observed in these parts were a pair of hoopoes , ( upupa , ) * which came several years ago in the summer , and frequented an ornamental piece of * A ...
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abound animal appear April April 14 April 22 autumn beech bees breed brood called chaffinches cold colour common cuckoo curious DAINES BARRINGTON DEAR district dogs eggs feed feet female fieldfares fields flies flocks forest frequent garden Gilbert White grass ground hard frost haunt hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus LYON Biblioth male manner March March 26 MARKWICK migration mild naturalist nest never night observed Palais des Arts pheasant plants prey quadrupeds rain remarkable rooks says season seems SELBORNE Sept showers sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew summer suppose swallows swarm swifts THOMAS PENNANT titmouse torpid trees village warm weather WHITE wild wind wings winter woods wren young