The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... stalk of a grass to make herself more conspicuous ) is a signal to the male , which is a slender , dusky scarabæus . § See the story of Hero and Leander . LETTER XXV . SELBORNE , Aug. 30th , 1769 . 68 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... stalk of a grass to make herself more conspicuous ) is a signal to the male , which is a slender , dusky scarabæus . § See the story of Hero and Leander . LETTER XXV . SELBORNE , Aug. 30th , 1769 . 68 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
Seite 78
... male moose , which had no front antlers , but only a broad palm with some snags on the edge . The noble owner of the dead moose proposed to make a skeleton of her bones . Please to let me hear if my female moose corresponds with that ...
... male moose , which had no front antlers , but only a broad palm with some snags on the edge . The noble owner of the dead moose proposed to make a skeleton of her bones . Please to let me hear if my female moose corresponds with that ...
Seite 79
... males interrupted the breed : he used to say , that , though he had widowed the same hen several times , yet he found she was still provided with a fresh paramour , that did not take her away from her usual haunt . Again ; I knew a ...
... males interrupted the breed : he used to say , that , though he had widowed the same hen several times , yet he found she was still provided with a fresh paramour , that did not take her away from her usual haunt . Again ; I knew a ...
Seite 80
... male otter , brought to me , weighing twenty - one pounds , that had been shot on the bank of our stream below the Priory , where the rivulet divides the parish of Selborne from Harteley - wood . LETTER XXX . SELBORNE , Aug. 1st , 1770 ...
... male otter , brought to me , weighing twenty - one pounds , that had been shot on the bank of our stream below the Priory , where the rivulet divides the parish of Selborne from Harteley - wood . LETTER XXX . SELBORNE , Aug. 1st , 1770 ...
Seite 89
... male ; and made no doubt , as they accompanied together , that the other was a female ; but happening in an evening or two to procure the other like- wise , I was somewhat disappointed when it appeared to be also of the same sex . This ...
... male ; and made no doubt , as they accompanied together , that the other was a female ; but happening in an evening or two to procure the other like- wise , I was somewhat disappointed when it appeared to be also of the same sex . This ...
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