The Natural History of Selborne...Henry G. Bohn, 1851 - 40 Seiten |
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... autumn , and then look at its silvery bark , and bold projecting roots , both here and there covered with verdant mosses , it is impossible not to allow it to be " the most lovely of all forest trees . " Those who have seen the Burnham ...
... autumn , and then look at its silvery bark , and bold projecting roots , both here and there covered with verdant mosses , it is impossible not to allow it to be " the most lovely of all forest trees . " Those who have seen the Burnham ...
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... autumn , most artifi- * This hawk proved to be the falco peregrinus - a variety . We are indebted to Pallas for much information respecting these curious little animals , which he calls the mus minutus . He found them in the woods in ...
... autumn , most artifi- * This hawk proved to be the falco peregrinus - a variety . We are indebted to Pallas for much information respecting these curious little animals , which he calls the mus minutus . He found them in the woods in ...
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... autumn I could not help being much amused with those myriads of the swallow kind which assemble in those parts . But what struck me most was , that from the time they began to con- gregate , forsaking the chimneys and houses , they ...
... autumn I could not help being much amused with those myriads of the swallow kind which assemble in those parts . But what struck me most was , that from the time they began to con- gregate , forsaking the chimneys and houses , they ...
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... autumn ; but that they do not all withdraw I am sure , because I see a few stragglers in many counties , at all times of the year , especially about warrens and stone quarries . I have no acquaintance at present among the gentlemen of ...
... autumn ; but that they do not all withdraw I am sure , because I see a few stragglers in many counties , at all times of the year , especially about warrens and stone quarries . I have no acquaintance at present among the gentlemen of ...
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... autumn again retiring to our coasts , in small flocks , with its young . About October they are again dispersed , migrating to warmer shores . I have received specimens from Africa , the Delft Islands , and various parts of India and ...
... autumn again retiring to our coasts , in small flocks , with its young . About October they are again dispersed , migrating to warmer shores . I have received specimens from Africa , the Delft Islands , and various parts of India and ...
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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