The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... leg , they ruminate and solace themselves from about ten in the morning till four in the afternoon , and then return to their feeding . During this great proportion of the day they drop much dung , in which insects nestle ; and so ...
... leg , they ruminate and solace themselves from about ten in the morning till four in the afternoon , and then return to their feeding . During this great proportion of the day they drop much dung , in which insects nestle ; and so ...
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... legs , feet , and claws were milk - white . A shepherd saw , as he thought , some white larks on a down above my house this winter : were not these the Emberiza nivalis , the snow - flake of the Brit . Zool . No doubt they were . A few ...
... legs , feet , and claws were milk - white . A shepherd saw , as he thought , some white larks on a down above my house this winter : were not these the Emberiza nivalis , the snow - flake of the Brit . Zool . No doubt they were . A few ...
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... legs seem swoln like those of a gouty man . After harvest I have shot them before the pointers in turnip - fields . I make no doubt but there are three species of the willow - wrens ; two I know perfectly , but have not been able yet to ...
... legs seem swoln like those of a gouty man . After harvest I have shot them before the pointers in turnip - fields . I make no doubt but there are three species of the willow - wrens ; two I know perfectly , but have not been able yet to ...
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... legs of the larger of these two are flesh - coloured ; of the less black . The grasshopper - lark began his sibilous note in my fields . last Saturday . Nothing can be more amusing than the whisper of this little bird , which seems to ...
... legs of the larger of these two are flesh - coloured ; of the less black . The grasshopper - lark began his sibilous note in my fields . last Saturday . Nothing can be more amusing than the whisper of this little bird , which seems to ...
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... legs ; as soon as the legs sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the animal betakes itself to the land ! Merret , I trust , is widely mistaken when he advances that the Rana arborea is an English reptile ; it abounds in Germany ...
... legs ; as soon as the legs sprout , the tail drops off as useless , and the animal betakes itself to the land ! Merret , I trust , is widely mistaken when he advances that the Rana arborea is an English reptile ; it abounds in Germany ...
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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