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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... common , by enclosing them , and thus much of their means of sub- sistence , and consequently of their prosperity , have disappeared . Whenever labour was slack , the common was always a reserve on which the labourer could employ ...
... common , by enclosing them , and thus much of their means of sub- sistence , and consequently of their prosperity , have disappeared . Whenever labour was slack , the common was always a reserve on which the labourer could employ ...
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... common . One thing is remarkable , that , though the Holt has been of old well stocked with fallow - deer , unrestrained by any pales or fences more than a common hedge , yet they were never seen within the limits of Wolmer ; nor were ...
... common . One thing is remarkable , that , though the Holt has been of old well stocked with fallow - deer , unrestrained by any pales or fences more than a common hedge , yet they were never seen within the limits of Wolmer ; nor were ...
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... common birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a question whether the black - cap ( motacilla atracapilla ) be a bird of passage or not . I think there is no doubt of it ; for in April , in the first fine ...
... common birds that have as yet no English name . Mr. Stillingfleet makes a question whether the black - cap ( motacilla atracapilla ) be a bird of passage or not . I think there is no doubt of it ; for in April , in the first fine ...
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... common eel.-W. J. There are three species of Eels in our fresh waters - the sharp and the broad - nosed cels and the Snig , which the editor had the pleasure of introducing to the notice of his friend , Mr. Yarrell . - ED . There are ...
... common eel.-W. J. There are three species of Eels in our fresh waters - the sharp and the broad - nosed cels and the Snig , which the editor had the pleasure of introducing to the notice of his friend , Mr. Yarrell . - ED . There are ...
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... common vespertilio murinus , and the vespertilio auribus . * Î was much entertained last summer with a tame bat , † which would take flies out of a person's hand . If you gave * Dr. Fleming , in his Description of British Animals , 1828 ...
... common vespertilio murinus , and the vespertilio auribus . * Î was much entertained last summer with a tame bat , † which would take flies out of a person's hand . If you gave * Dr. Fleming , in his Description of British Animals , 1828 ...
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