The Natural History of Selborne: With a Naturalist's Calendar and Additional ObservationsWalter Scott, 1887 - 366 Seiten |
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... swallows are the busiest . Mr. White took much interest in swallows . Not only one evening or two evenings , but a whole year of evenings , and several years , are written in these letters . So quiet , without excitement - he is ready ...
... swallows are the busiest . Mr. White took much interest in swallows . Not only one evening or two evenings , but a whole year of evenings , and several years , are written in these letters . So quiet , without excitement - he is ready ...
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... swallows ( Hirundines rustica ) being found in a torpid state during the winter in the Isle of Wight or any part of this country , I never heard any such account worth attending to . But a clergyman , of an inquisitive turn , assures me ...
... swallows ( Hirundines rustica ) being found in a torpid state during the winter in the Isle of Wight or any part of this country , I never heard any such account worth attending to . But a clergyman , of an inquisitive turn , assures me ...
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... swallows among the rubbish ; but on my questioning him whether he saw any of those birds himself , to my no small ... swallow and house - martin , should leave us before the middle of August invariably ! while the latter stay often ...
... swallows among the rubbish ; but on my questioning him whether he saw any of those birds himself , to my no small ... swallow and house - martin , should leave us before the middle of August invariably ! while the latter stay often ...
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... swallows , by sipping the surface , as they play over pools and streams . They love to frequent waters , not only for the sake of drinking , but on account of insects , which are found over them in the greatest plenty . As I was going ...
... swallows , by sipping the surface , as they play over pools and streams . They love to frequent waters , not only for the sake of drinking , but on account of insects , which are found over them in the greatest plenty . As I was going ...
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... swallow kind which assemble in those parts . But what struck me most was , that , from the time they began to congregate , forsaking the chimneys and houses , they roosted every night in the osier - beds of the aits of that river . Now ...
... swallow kind which assemble in those parts . But what struck me most was , that , from the time they began to congregate , forsaking the chimneys and houses , they roosted every night in the osier - beds of the aits of that river . Now ...
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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