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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... doubt they were . A few years ago , I saw a cock bullfinch in a cage , which had been caught in the fields after it was come to its full colours . In about a year it began to look dingy , and black- ening every succeeding year , it ...
... doubt they were . A few years ago , I saw a cock bullfinch in a cage , which had been caught in the fields after it was come to its full colours . In about a year it began to look dingy , and black- ening every succeeding year , it ...
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... doubt but there are three species of the willow- wrens ; two I know perfectly , but have not been able yet to procure the third . * No two birds can differ more in their notes , and that constantly , than those two that I am acquainted ...
... doubt but there are three species of the willow- wrens ; two I know perfectly , but have not been able yet to procure the third . * No two birds can differ more in their notes , and that constantly , than those two that I am acquainted ...
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... doubt ; but certainly he was always perfectly tame , and would sit on my hand , let me stroke him , and walk about my table or carpet with apparent familiarity and contentment . I usually let him out on the table every day ; and he ...
... doubt ; but certainly he was always perfectly tame , and would sit on my hand , let me stroke him , and walk about my table or carpet with apparent familiarity and contentment . I usually let him out on the table every day ; and he ...
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... doubt but that such is the case , after the evidence of persons who assured me they had seen it . I also found young vipers in the stomach of the mother , of a much larger size than they would be when first ready to be excluded ...
... doubt but that such is the case , after the evidence of persons who assured me they had seen it . I also found young vipers in the stomach of the mother , of a much larger size than they would be when first ready to be excluded ...
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... doubt now , the regulus non cris- tatus of Ray ; which he says , " cantat voce stridulâ locustæ . ” ‡ Yet this great ornithologist never suspected that there were three species . * These birds are accurately described and beautifully ...
... doubt now , the regulus non cris- tatus of Ray ; which he says , " cantat voce stridulâ locustæ . ” ‡ Yet this great ornithologist never suspected that there were three species . * These birds are accurately described and beautifully ...
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