The Natural History of Selborne ... With Miscellaneous Observations and Explanatory NotesTicknor & Fields, 1866 - 430 Seiten |
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... flocks compose : on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand , Half in the flood , and , often bending , sip The circling surface . " Wolmer - pond , so called , I suppose , for eminence sake , is a vast lake for this ...
... flocks compose : on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand , Half in the flood , and , often bending , sip The circling surface . " Wolmer - pond , so called , I suppose , for eminence sake , is a vast lake for this ...
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... flocks of hirundines on the church and tower are both beauti- ful and amusing . When they fly off together from the roof on any alarm , they quite swarm in the air . But they soon settle again in heaps , and pulling their feathers and ...
... flocks of hirundines on the church and tower are both beauti- ful and amusing . When they fly off together from the roof on any alarm , they quite swarm in the air . But they soon settle again in heaps , and pulling their feathers and ...
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... flocks of them appeared in this kingdom in the winter of 1685 , feeding on haws . The mention of haws puts me in mind that there is a total failure of that wild fruit , so conducive to the support of many of the winged nation . For the ...
... flocks of them appeared in this kingdom in the winter of 1685 , feeding on haws . The mention of haws puts me in mind that there is a total failure of that wild fruit , so conducive to the support of many of the winged nation . For the ...
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... flocks of chaffinches have appeared in the fields ; many more , I used to think , than could be hatched in any one neighbourhood . But , when I came to observe them more narrowly , I was amazed to find that they seemed to me to be ...
... flocks of chaffinches have appeared in the fields ; many more , I used to think , than could be hatched in any one neighbourhood . But , when I came to observe them more narrowly , I was amazed to find that they seemed to me to be ...
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... flocks of these finches with them in the winter , and of which sex they mostly consist ? For , from such intelligence , one might be able to judge whether our female flocks migrate from the other end of the Island , or whether they come ...
... flocks of these finches with them in the winter , and of which sex they mostly consist ? For , from such intelligence , one might be able to judge whether our female flocks migrate from the other end of the Island , or whether they come ...
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abound Andalusia animals appear April autumn birds of prey Blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour common common buzzard congeners cuckoo curious curlew district eggs feed feet female fern-owl fieldfares fields flies flocks forest frequently frost garden ground Hanger haunt hawk hedges hirundines hirundo HONOURABLE DAINES BARRINGTON house-martins inches insects known late le ham legs LETTER Linnæus M'Gillivray male manner martins mentioned migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbouring nest never night observed owls pair perhaps ponds prey probably procured quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks says season seems seen SELBORNE sing snow soft-billed song soon species spring stone-curlew strange summer suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail THOMAS PENNANT thrush tion titmouse trees vast Vespertilio village weather white-throat wild wings winter Wolmer wonder woodcocks woods wren young