The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... Sept. 14th , 1770 . You saw , I find , the ring - ousels again among their native crags ; and are farther assured that they continue resident in those cold regions the whole year . From whence then do our ring - ousels migrate so ...
... Sept. 14th , 1770 . You saw , I find , the ring - ousels again among their native crags ; and are farther assured that they continue resident in those cold regions the whole year . From whence then do our ring - ousels migrate so ...
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... Sept. 1771 . THE summer through I have seen but two of that large species of bat which I call Vespertilio altivolans , from its manner of feeding high in the air : I procured one of them , and found it to be a male ; and made no doubt ...
... Sept. 1771 . THE summer through I have seen but two of that large species of bat which I call Vespertilio altivolans , from its manner of feeding high in the air : I procured one of them , and found it to be a male ; and made no doubt ...
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... Sept. 2nd , 1774 . BEFORE your letter arrived , and of my own accord , I had been remarking and comparing the tails of the male and female swallow , and this ere any young broods appeared ; so that there was no danger of confounding the ...
... Sept. 2nd , 1774 . BEFORE your letter arrived , and of my own accord , I had been remarking and comparing the tails of the male and female swallow , and this ere any young broods appeared ; so that there was no danger of confounding the ...
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... Sept. 28th , 1774 . As the swift or black - martin is the largest of the British hirundines , so it is undoubtedly the latest comer . For I remember but one instance of its appearing before the last week in April ; and in some of our ...
... Sept. 28th , 1774 . As the swift or black - martin is the largest of the British hirundines , so it is undoubtedly the latest comer . For I remember but one instance of its appearing before the last week in April ; and in some of our ...
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... soon does Nature advance small birds to their λikia , or state of perfection ; while the progressive growth of men and large quadrupeds is slow and tedious ! LETTER XXII . SELBORNE , Sept. 13th , 1774 . 180 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... soon does Nature advance small birds to their λikia , or state of perfection ; while the progressive growth of men and large quadrupeds is slow and tedious ! LETTER XXII . SELBORNE , Sept. 13th , 1774 . 180 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
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