The Natural History of SelborneD. Appleton, 1899 - 381 pages |
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Page xi
... species of the songsters which he de- scribes are already more or less familiar to the reader through the poets ; as the nightingale , redbreast , blackcap , linnet , ouzel , wren , and starling ; the blackbird , or merle ; the thrush ...
... species of the songsters which he de- scribes are already more or less familiar to the reader through the poets ; as the nightingale , redbreast , blackcap , linnet , ouzel , wren , and starling ; the blackbird , or merle ; the thrush ...
Page xiii
... species , he concludes that they , together with the larger bats , derive their suste- nance from some sort of high - flying gnats or insects which are short of continuance ; and that the brief sojourn of the swifts , accordingly , is ...
... species , he concludes that they , together with the larger bats , derive their suste- nance from some sort of high - flying gnats or insects which are short of continuance ; and that the brief sojourn of the swifts , accordingly , is ...
Page xiv
... species , much as bees and numerous insects are partial to flowers of certain hues . It would have been interesting could White have watched the mysterious movements of one of our game birds , the woodcock , some of whose habits ...
... species , much as bees and numerous insects are partial to flowers of certain hues . It would have been interesting could White have watched the mysterious movements of one of our game birds , the woodcock , some of whose habits ...
Page 8
... species of Crista Galli ; called by Lister , Rastellum ; by Rumphius , Ostreum plicatum minus ; by D'Ar- genville , Auris Porci , s . Crista Galli ; and by those who make collections , Cock's Comb.1 Though I applied to several such in ...
... species of Crista Galli ; called by Lister , Rastellum ; by Rumphius , Ostreum plicatum minus ; by D'Ar- genville , Auris Porci , s . Crista Galli ; and by those who make collections , Cock's Comb.1 Though I applied to several such in ...
Page 9
... species , be- longing to the upper greensand , known as Ostrea carinata . 2 The Ammonite is a very striking - looking fossil , and a common one . When I was a small boy I used to delight in playing with a very large one belonging to my ...
... species , be- longing to the upper greensand , known as Ostrea carinata . 2 The Ammonite is a very striking - looking fossil , and a common one . When I was a small boy I used to delight in playing with a very large one belonging to my ...
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