The Natural History of Selborne ... With Miscellaneous Observations and Explanatory NotesTicknor & Fields, 1866 - 430 Seiten |
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... frequently fails ; but the other is a fine perennial spring , called Well - head , little in- fluenced by drought or wet seasons , inasmuch as it produced on the 14th September , 1781 , after a severe hot summer , and a preceding dry ...
... frequently fails ; but the other is a fine perennial spring , called Well - head , little in- fluenced by drought or wet seasons , inasmuch as it produced on the 14th September , 1781 , after a severe hot summer , and a preceding dry ...
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... frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . * In the lane above Well- head , in the way to Emshot , they abound in the bank in a darkish sort of marl ; and are usually very small and soft ...
... frequently on that steep , just under the soil , in the chalk , and of a considerable size . * In the lane above Well- head , in the way to Emshot , they abound in the bank in a darkish sort of marl ; and are usually very small and soft ...
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... frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have dis- covered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this ...
... frequent it in the winter , but breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have dis- covered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this ...
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... frequent the district ; for I have ever remarked that they haunt near great waters , either rivers or lakes . " A year later , he says , " During the severe winds that often prevail late in the spring , it is not easy to say how the ...
... frequent the district ; for I have ever remarked that they haunt near great waters , either rivers or lakes . " A year later , he says , " During the severe winds that often prevail late in the spring , it is not easy to say how the ...
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... frequent our lakes in the forest in hard weather . Having some acquaintance with a tame brown owl , I find that it casts ... frequently oc- cupy the same nest.-ED. the young of the brown owl will eat indiscriminately all 48 NATURAL HISTORY.
... frequent our lakes in the forest in hard weather . Having some acquaintance with a tame brown owl , I find that it casts ... frequently oc- cupy the same nest.-ED. the young of the brown owl will eat indiscriminately all 48 NATURAL HISTORY.
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