The Natural History of Selborne ... With Miscellaneous Observations and Explanatory NotesTicknor & Fields, 1866 - 430 Seiten |
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... pair of ravens had fixed their re- sidence for such a series of years , that the oak was distinguished by the title of The Raven - tree . Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry : the difficulty whetted ...
... pair of ravens had fixed their re- sidence for such a series of years , that the oak was distinguished by the title of The Raven - tree . Many were the attempts of the neighbouring youths to get at this eyry : the difficulty whetted ...
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... pair of these birds while they fed their young 537 times in one day , their motions being so rapid that he could not keep his eye off the nest . Before feeding their young , they alighted on a tree for a few seconds , looked round them ...
... pair of these birds while they fed their young 537 times in one day , their motions being so rapid that he could not keep his eye off the nest . Before feeding their young , they alighted on a tree for a few seconds , looked round them ...
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... pair of Hoopoes ( upupa ) † which came several years ago in the summer , and frequented an The irides are brown in all the British falcons . † The Hoopoes are very shy birds . Montagu also knew of a pair in Hampshire , which abandoned ...
... pair of Hoopoes ( upupa ) † which came several years ago in the summer , and frequented an The irides are brown in all the British falcons . † The Hoopoes are very shy birds . Montagu also knew of a pair in Hampshire , which abandoned ...
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... pair offer to build on a single tree , the nest is plundered and demolished at once . Some rooks roost on their nest trees . The twigs which the rooks drop in building supply the poor with brushwood to light their fires . Some unhappy pairs ...
... pair offer to build on a single tree , the nest is plundered and demolished at once . Some rooks roost on their nest trees . The twigs which the rooks drop in building supply the poor with brushwood to light their fires . Some unhappy pairs ...
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... it affects . This shyness continues till May , when pairing takes place , and he becomes quite vociferous , a thorough mocking - bird , as described in the text.-ED. 1 1 he says , " Rostrum et pedes in hác aviculá 112 NATURAL HISTORY.
... it affects . This shyness continues till May , when pairing takes place , and he becomes quite vociferous , a thorough mocking - bird , as described in the text.-ED. 1 1 he says , " Rostrum et pedes in hác aviculá 112 NATURAL HISTORY.
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