The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1890 - 416 Seiten |
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... breeding up amidst the straws of the standing corn , above the ground , yet I find that , in the winter , they burrow deep in the earth , and make warm beds of grass ; but their grand rendezvous seems to be in corn - ricks , into which ...
... breeding up amidst the straws of the standing corn , above the ground , yet I find that , in the winter , they burrow deep in the earth , and make warm beds of grass ; but their grand rendezvous seems to be in corn - ricks , into which ...
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... breeds , I think , all the summer , having young ones , I know , very late in the antumn . Already they begin clamouring in the evening . They cannot , I think , with any propriety be called , as they are by Mr. Ray , " circa aquas ...
... breeds , I think , all the summer , having young ones , I know , very late in the antumn . Already they begin clamouring in the evening . They cannot , I think , with any propriety be called , as they are by Mr. Ray , " circa aquas ...
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... breeds in my vine . The redstart begins to sing : its note is short and imperfect , but is continued till about the middle of June . The willow - wrens ( the smaller sort ) are horrid pests in a garden , destroying the pease , cherries ...
... breeds in my vine . The redstart begins to sing : its note is short and imperfect , but is continued till about the middle of June . The willow - wrens ( the smaller sort ) are horrid pests in a garden , destroying the pease , cherries ...
Seite 64
... are ripe , which accounts for Mr. White's having mistaken them for yellow wrens when he Sw them in the fruit trees . They breed in the market gardens about Louden , # : says , that the less spotted woodpecker does the same 64 THE NUTHATCH .
... are ripe , which accounts for Mr. White's having mistaken them for yellow wrens when he Sw them in the fruit trees . They breed in the market gardens about Louden , # : says , that the less spotted woodpecker does the same 64 THE NUTHATCH .
Seite 66
... breeding time , snipes play over the moors , piping and humming ; they always hum as they are descending . Is not their hum ventriloquous , like that of the turkey ? Some suspect that it is made by their wings . turned again to his work ...
... breeding time , snipes play over the moors , piping and humming ; they always hum as they are descending . Is not their hum ventriloquous , like that of the turkey ? Some suspect that it is made by their wings . turned again to his work ...
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