The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... inches and * See Ray's Travels , p . 466 . a quarter , and their tails just two inches long NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 39.
... inches and * See Ray's Travels , p . 466 . a quarter , and their tails just two inches long NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 39.
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... inches long . Two of them , in a scale , weighed down just one copper halfpenny , which is about the third of an ounce avoirdupois : so that I suppose they are the smallest quadrupeds in this island . A full - grown Mus medius ...
... inches long . Two of them , in a scale , weighed down just one copper halfpenny , which is about the third of an ounce avoirdupois : so that I suppose they are the smallest quadrupeds in this island . A full - grown Mus medius ...
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... inch longer , and weighs two drachms and a - half , while the latter weighs but two ; so the songster is one - fifth heavier than the chirper . The chirper ( being the first summer - bird of passage that is heard , the wryneck sometimes ...
... inch longer , and weighs two drachms and a - half , while the latter weighs but two ; so the songster is one - fifth heavier than the chirper . The chirper ( being the first summer - bird of passage that is heard , the wryneck sometimes ...
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... inches in length ) I took the following description : — " The loach , in its general aspect , has a pellucid appearance ; its back is mottled with irregular collections of small black dots , not reaching much below the linea lateralis ...
... inches in length ) I took the following description : — " The loach , in its general aspect , has a pellucid appearance ; its back is mottled with irregular collections of small black dots , not reaching much below the linea lateralis ...
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... inches ; which height answers exactly to sixteen hands , a growth that few horses arrive at : but then , with this length of legs , its neck was remarkably short , no more than twelve inches ; so that , by straddling with one foot ...
... inches ; which height answers exactly to sixteen hands , a growth that few horses arrive at : but then , with this length of legs , its neck was remarkably short , no more than twelve inches ; so that , by straddling with one foot ...
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