The Natural History of SelborneCassell, 1911 - 263 pages |
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Page 75
... Raii ; * which is a bird that , at the time of your publishing your two first volumes of British Zoology , I find you had not seen . You have described it well from Edwards's drawing . * This is one of the earliest records of the ...
... Raii ; * which is a bird that , at the time of your publishing your two first volumes of British Zoology , I find you had not seen . You have described it well from Edwards's drawing . * This is one of the earliest records of the ...
Page 111
... Raii , built them a large shallow nest , composed of twigs and lined with dead beechen leaves , upon a tall slender beech near the middle of Selborne - hanger , in the summer of 1780. In the middle of the month of June a bold boy ...
... Raii , built them a large shallow nest , composed of twigs and lined with dead beechen leaves , upon a tall slender beech near the middle of Selborne - hanger , in the summer of 1780. In the middle of the month of June a bold boy ...
Page 116
... To smoother flight , and shoots upon her wings . ' دو I am , etc. LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE HONOURABLE DAINES BARRINGTON . LETTER I. OLD COTTAGE IN SELBORNE . RAII NOMINA . Merula torquata : 116 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
... To smoother flight , and shoots upon her wings . ' دو I am , etc. LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE HONOURABLE DAINES BARRINGTON . LETTER I. OLD COTTAGE IN SELBORNE . RAII NOMINA . Merula torquata : 116 NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE .
Page 117
... RAII NOMINA . Jynx , sive torquilla : Regulus non crista- tus : Hirundo domestica : Hirundo rustica : Hirundo riparia : Atricapilla : Luscinia : Cuculus : Regulus non crista- tus : Ficedula affinis : Ruticilla : Edicnemus : Turtur ...
... RAII NOMINA . Jynx , sive torquilla : Regulus non crista- tus : Hirundo domestica : Hirundo rustica : Hirundo riparia : Atricapilla : Luscinia : Cuculus : Regulus non crista- tus : Ficedula affinis : Ruticilla : Edicnemus : Turtur ...
Page 118
... RAII NOMINA . USUALLY APPEARS ABOUT Passer arundinaceus A sweet polyglot , but hurry- minor : Ortygometra . Regulus non crista- tus : 19. Goat - sucker , or Caprimulgus : fern - owl , 20. Fly - catcher , Stoparola : ing it has the notes ...
... RAII NOMINA . USUALLY APPEARS ABOUT Passer arundinaceus A sweet polyglot , but hurry- minor : Ortygometra . Regulus non crista- tus : 19. Goat - sucker , or Caprimulgus : fern - owl , 20. Fly - catcher , Stoparola : ing it has the notes ...
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