The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; and the Naturalist's CalendarG. Bell, 1898 - 416 sider |
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... eggs in an old nest , had hatched them , and that when this is the case they get the start of those that build new ones by ten days or a fortnight . He speaks with some degree of triumph to having ricked his meadow hay in delicate order ...
... eggs in an old nest , had hatched them , and that when this is the case they get the start of those that build new ones by ten days or a fortnight . He speaks with some degree of triumph to having ricked his meadow hay in delicate order ...
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... eggs , which are generally deposited on a dry bank . As soon as the eggs are hatched , the young are conveyed to wet swampy grounds . Sir Charles Taylor of Hollycombe , for many years past , has had a couple of young woodcocks on his ...
... eggs , which are generally deposited on a dry bank . As soon as the eggs are hatched , the young are conveyed to wet swampy grounds . Sir Charles Taylor of Hollycombe , for many years past , has had a couple of young woodcocks on his ...
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... eggs were five in number , about the size of a skylark's , but shorter and rounder , and spotted with bluish ash and olive brown , some of the spots inclining to dusky or brackish brown . The markings were variously distributed on the ...
... eggs were five in number , about the size of a skylark's , but shorter and rounder , and spotted with bluish ash and olive brown , some of the spots inclining to dusky or brackish brown . The markings were variously distributed on the ...
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... eggs still , and squab young . The last swift I observed was about the 21st of August : it was a straggler . Redstarts , fly - catchers , white - throats , and reguli non cristati , still appear ; but I have seen no black - caps lately ...
... eggs still , and squab young . The last swift I observed was about the 21st of August : it was a straggler . Redstarts , fly - catchers , white - throats , and reguli non cristati , still appear ; but I have seen no black - caps lately ...
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... eggs were put in the spring into the nests of their congeners , as goldfinches , greenfinches , & c . ? Before winter , perhaps , they might be hardened , and able to shift for themselves . About ten years ago , I used to spend some ...
... eggs were put in the spring into the nests of their congeners , as goldfinches , greenfinches , & c . ? Before winter , perhaps , they might be hardened , and able to shift for themselves . About ten years ago , I used to spend some ...
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