The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1890 - 416 Seiten |
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... suppose of turrets . Wild ducks and teal also breed in the thick heather in the neighbour hood.-ED. For which : cousult Letter LXXXIV . to Mr. Barrington . It is remarkable , that the term purlieu is never 32 WOLMER FOREST .
... suppose of turrets . Wild ducks and teal also breed in the thick heather in the neighbour hood.-ED. For which : cousult Letter LXXXIV . to Mr. Barrington . It is remarkable , that the term purlieu is never 32 WOLMER FOREST .
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... suppose , for eminence sake , is * This passage proves what an accurate observer Mr. White was of appa- rently trifling facts and circumstances in natural history . He might have added to the above that so economical is Nature , that ...
... suppose , for eminence sake , is * This passage proves what an accurate observer Mr. White was of appa- rently trifling facts and circumstances in natural history . He might have added to the above that so economical is Nature , that ...
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... suppose , with any propriety , be called an English bird ; and yet I see by Ray's Philosophical Letters that great flocks of them , feeding on haws , appeared in this kingdom in the winter of 1685. * The mention of haws puts me in mind ...
... suppose , with any propriety , be called an English bird ; and yet I see by Ray's Philosophical Letters that great flocks of them , feeding on haws , appeared in this kingdom in the winter of 1685. * The mention of haws puts me in mind ...
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... suppose that they would have continued so long unnoticed in the southern counties . The ousel is larger than a blackbird , and feeds on haws ; but last autumn ( when there were no haws ) it fed on yew - berries : in the spring it feeds ...
... suppose that they would have continued so long unnoticed in the southern counties . The ousel is larger than a blackbird , and feeds on haws ; but last autumn ( when there were no haws ) it fed on yew - berries : in the spring it feeds ...
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... suppose that district , from its southerly situation , to be a proper habitation for such animals in their best colours . Since the ring - ousels of your vast mountains do certainly not forsake them against winter , our suspicions that ...
... suppose that district , from its southerly situation , to be a proper habitation for such animals in their best colours . Since the ring - ousels of your vast mountains do certainly not forsake them against winter , our suspicions that ...
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abound animal appear April April 14 autumn beech birds of passage birds of prey breed British brood called chaffinches cold colour common cuckoo curious DAINES BARRINGTON DEAR district edition eggs feed feet female fieldfares flies flocks forest frequently garden Gilbert White ground haunt hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 9 late legs LETTER Linnæus male manner March March 26 MARKWICK Memoir mentioned migration mild Motacilla natural history naturalist nest never night Notes observed perhaps Portrait prey quadrupeds rain remarkable rooks says season seems SELBORNE Sept showers sings snow soon species spring stone curlew summer suppose swallows swifts tail THOMAS PENNANT tion titmouse Trans trees vast village vols weather WHITE wild wings winter woods wren young