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When we consider the beauty of its velvet green leaves , as they first burst forth in
the spring , and its glowing russet foliage in the autumn , and then look at its
silvery bark , and bold projecting roots , both here and there covered with verdant
...
When we consider the beauty of its velvet green leaves , as they first burst forth in
the spring , and its glowing russet foliage in the autumn , and then look at its
silvery bark , and bold projecting roots , both here and there covered with verdant
...
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They breed as many as eight in a litter , in a little round nest composed of the
blades of grass or wheat.t One of these nests I procured this autumn , most artifi*
This hawk proved to be the falco peregrinus - a variety . f We are indebted to
Pallas ...
They breed as many as eight in a litter , in a little round nest composed of the
blades of grass or wheat.t One of these nests I procured this autumn , most artifi*
This hawk proved to be the falco peregrinus - a variety . f We are indebted to
Pallas ...
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In the 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 congregate , forsaking the chimneys and houses ,
they ...
In the 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 congregate , forsaking the chimneys and houses ,
they ...
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They may perhaps migrate in general ; and , for that purpose , draw towards the
coast of Sussex in 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 ...
They may perhaps migrate in general ; and , for that purpose , draw towards the
coast of Sussex in 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 ...
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This species , the totanus hypoleucus of modern ornithologists , is most abundant
on all the rocky brooks in the north of England and Scotland , arriving to breed
early in spring , and in autumn again retiring to our coasts , in small flocks , with
its ...
This species , the totanus hypoleucus of modern ornithologists , is most abundant
on all the rocky brooks in the north of England and Scotland , arriving to breed
early in spring , and in autumn again retiring to our coasts , in small flocks , with
its ...
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| Titel | The Natural History of Selborne... |
| Autor/in | Gilbert White |
| Verlag | Henry G. Bohn, 1851 |
| Original von | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitalisiert | 18. Aug. 2011 |
| Länge | 40 Seiten |
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