The Natural History and Antiquities of SelborneGeorge Routledge and Sons, 1891 - 475 pages |
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... Linnæus . Four letters from Linnæus were discovered a few years since , and were published in " Contributions to Ornithology " for 1849. They were ad- dressed to him while resident at Gibraltar , and showed that his assistance was ...
... Linnæus . Four letters from Linnæus were discovered a few years since , and were published in " Contributions to Ornithology " for 1849. They were ad- dressed to him while resident at Gibraltar , and showed that his assistance was ...
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... Linnæus . Mr. Bennet , who has explained the subject in a note to his edition of Selborne , refers it to the Ostrea carinata of Lamarck , a species peculiar to the green - sand formation , upon which the village of Selborne is built ...
... Linnæus . Mr. Bennet , who has explained the subject in a note to his edition of Selborne , refers it to the Ostrea carinata of Lamarck , a species peculiar to the green - sand formation , upon which the village of Selborne is built ...
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... Linnæus ( see Syst . Nat . ) which he says " natat in fossis et urinatur . " I should be glad to procure one " plantis palmatis . " + Linnæus seems to be in a puzzle about his mus amphibius , and to doubt whether it differs from his mus ...
... Linnæus ( see Syst . Nat . ) which he says " natat in fossis et urinatur . " I should be glad to procure one " plantis palmatis . " + Linnæus seems to be in a puzzle about his mus amphibius , and to doubt whether it differs from his mus ...
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... Linnæus ; that " before winter all their hen chaffinches migrate through Holland into Italy . " Now I want to know , from some curious person in the north , whether there are any large flocks of these finches with them in the winter ...
... Linnæus ; that " before winter all their hen chaffinches migrate through Holland into Italy . " Now I want to know , from some curious person in the north , whether there are any large flocks of these finches with them in the winter ...
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... Linnæus that is quoted may be correct ; it is probable that we receive an addition to the numbers of the chaffinch in the end of autumn , and Mr. Thompson is disposed to believe that some of those that flock together in Ireland have ...
... Linnæus that is quoted may be correct ; it is probable that we receive an addition to the numbers of the chaffinch in the end of autumn , and Mr. Thompson is disposed to believe that some of those that flock together in Ireland have ...
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