The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... leaves and moss , in which they conceal themselves for the winter but I never could find that they stored in any winter provision , as some quadrupeds certainly do . I have discovered an anecdote with respect to the field- fare ( Turdus ...
... leaves and moss , in which they conceal themselves for the winter but I never could find that they stored in any winter provision , as some quadrupeds certainly do . I have discovered an anecdote with respect to the field- fare ( Turdus ...
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... leaves ) is an animal that wants to be better known . The country people here call it the turnip - fly and black - dolphin ; but I know it to be one of the coleoptera ; the " Chrysomela oleracea saltatoria , femoribus posticis ...
... leaves ) is an animal that wants to be better known . The country people here call it the turnip - fly and black - dolphin ; but I know it to be one of the coleoptera ; the " Chrysomela oleracea saltatoria , femoribus posticis ...
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... leaves , upon a tall slender beech near the middle of Selborne Hanger , in the summer of 1780. In the middle of the month of June a bold boy climbed this tree , though standing on so steep and dizzy a situation , and brought down an egg ...
... leaves , upon a tall slender beech near the middle of Selborne Hanger , in the summer of 1780. In the middle of the month of June a bold boy climbed this tree , though standing on so steep and dizzy a situation , and brought down an egg ...
Seite 109
... leaves her callow care , and cleaves the skies : At first she flutters : -but at length she springs To smoother flight , and shoots upon her wings . " LETTERS TO THE HON . DAINES BARRINGTON . WHEN LETTER NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 109.
... leaves her callow care , and cleaves the skies : At first she flutters : -but at length she springs To smoother flight , and shoots upon her wings . " LETTERS TO THE HON . DAINES BARRINGTON . WHEN LETTER NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE . 109.
Seite 120
... leaves ? Many times have I had the curiosity to open the stomachs of woodcocks and snipes ; but nothing ever occurred that helped to explain to me what their subsist- ence might be all that I could ever find was a soft mucus , among ...
... leaves ? Many times have I had the curiosity to open the stomachs of woodcocks and snipes ; but nothing ever occurred that helped to explain to me what their subsist- ence might be all that I could ever find was a soft mucus , among ...
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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