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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... cold , except in the way of losing his inclination for food . " - Rennie . * I was once witness to a swarm of very small frogs , which suddenly made their appearance , after a very heavy rain , in a garden I occupied at Fulham . The ...
... cold , except in the way of losing his inclination for food . " - Rennie . * I was once witness to a swarm of very small frogs , which suddenly made their appearance , after a very heavy rain , in a garden I occupied at Fulham . The ...
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... cold abates . If this be the case , here is discovered a new bird of winter passage , concerning whose migrations the writers are silent ; but if these birds should prove the ousels of the north of England , then here is a migration dis ...
... cold abates . If this be the case , here is discovered a new bird of winter passage , concerning whose migrations the writers are silent ; but if these birds should prove the ousels of the north of England , then here is a migration dis ...
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... cold , the Whip - poor - will is heard in Pennsylvania , in the evening , as the dusk of twilight commences , or in the morning , as soon as dawn has broke . The notes of this solitary bird , from the ideas which are naturally ...
... cold , the Whip - poor - will is heard in Pennsylvania , in the evening , as the dusk of twilight commences , or in the morning , as soon as dawn has broke . The notes of this solitary bird , from the ideas which are naturally ...
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... cold . Its nest is deeper . The song of individuals of the two species is very similar , and cannot easily be distinguished . Mr. White calls the sedge - warbler a delicate polyglott ; and speaks of its song as very superior to that of ...
... cold . Its nest is deeper . The song of individuals of the two species is very similar , and cannot easily be distinguished . Mr. White calls the sedge - warbler a delicate polyglott ; and speaks of its song as very superior to that of ...
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... cold abates , so I concluded that the ring - ousels did the same , as well as their congeners , the fieldfares ; and especially as ring - ousels are known to haunt cold mountain- ous countries : but I have good reason to suspect since ...
... cold abates , so I concluded that the ring - ousels did the same , as well as their congeners , the fieldfares ; and especially as ring - ousels are known to haunt cold mountain- ous countries : but I have good reason to suspect since ...
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abound animal appear April April 14 autumn beech birds of passage birds of prey breed British brood called chaffinches cold colour common cuckoo curious DAINES BARRINGTON DEAR district edition eggs feed feet female fieldfares flies flocks forest frequently garden Gilbert White ground haunt hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 9 late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner March March 26 MARKWICK Memoir mentioned migration mild Motacilla natural history naturalist nest never night Notes observed perhaps Portrait prey quadrupeds rain remarkable rooks says season seems SELBORNE Sept showers sings snow soon species spring stone curlew summer suppose swallows swifts tail THOMAS PENNANT tion titmouse Trans trees vast village vols weather WHITE wild wings winter woods wren young