The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... kind may migrate , yet that some do stay behind and hide with us during the winter . As to the short - winged soft - billed birds , which come trooping in such numbers in the spring , I am at a loss even what to suspect about them . I ...
... kind may migrate , yet that some do stay behind and hide with us during the winter . As to the short - winged soft - billed birds , which come trooping in such numbers in the spring , I am at a loss even what to suspect about them . I ...
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... kind that searched it out . The root of the arum is remarkably warm and pungent . Our flocks of female chaffinches have not yet forsaken us . The blackbirds and thrushes are very much thinned down by that fierce weather in January . In ...
... kind that searched it out . The root of the arum is remarkably warm and pungent . Our flocks of female chaffinches have not yet forsaken us . The blackbirds and thrushes are very much thinned down by that fierce weather in January . In ...
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... kind is not yet hatched , I should have hardly believed but that it had been a locusta whisper- ing in the bushes . The country people laugh when you tell them that it is the note of a bird . It is a most artful creature , skulking in ...
... kind is not yet hatched , I should have hardly believed but that it had been a locusta whisper- ing in the bushes . The country people laugh when you tell them that it is the note of a bird . It is a most artful creature , skulking in ...
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... kind in these kingdoms , and that is the viper . As you propose the good of mankind to be an object of your publica- tions , you will not omit to mention common salad - oil as a sovereign remedy against the bite of the viper . As to the ...
... kind in these kingdoms , and that is the viper . As you propose the good of mankind to be an object of your publica- tions , you will not omit to mention common salad - oil as a sovereign remedy against the bite of the viper . As to the ...
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... kind of beasts , and of birds , and of serpents , and things in the sea , is tamed , and hath been tamed , of mankind . " It is a satisfaction to me to find that a green lizard has actually been procured for you in Devonshire ; because ...
... kind of beasts , and of birds , and of serpents , and things in the sea , is tamed , and hath been tamed , of mankind . " It is a satisfaction to me to find that a green lizard has actually been procured for you in Devonshire ; because ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn beeches birds of prey blackcap breed brood called chaffinches colour cuckoo curious district Edited eggs feed feet female fern-owl field fieldfares flies flocks frequently frost garden grass ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines Hirundo house-martins inches insects Joseph Skipsey July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 22 June 9 last seen late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK martins migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbouring nest never night observed owls perhaps plants ponds prey procure quadrupeds remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels rooks season seems SELBORNE Sept sings snow soon species spring stone-curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swarm swifts tail thrushes titmouse trees vast village weather wild wings winter wonder Woodlark woods wren young