The Natural History of SelborneWhittaker, Treacher & Company, 1832 - 325 pages |
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Page xii
... Owl Echoes Elm , Broad - leaved Employments .. Falco ...... Falcon , Peregrine . Fieldfares Fish . Fishes , Gold and Silver Flight of Birds Forest of Wolmer Flycatcher Forest Fly Fossil Shell . PAGE .... 21 , 47 92 22 302 129 126 88 248 ...
... Owl Echoes Elm , Broad - leaved Employments .. Falco ...... Falcon , Peregrine . Fieldfares Fish . Fishes , Gold and Silver Flight of Birds Forest of Wolmer Flycatcher Forest Fly Fossil Shell . PAGE .... 21 , 47 92 22 302 129 126 88 248 ...
Page xiii
... Owls and Cuckoos . Nuthatch .......... Ornithology of Selborne Oaks Otter Owl , Fern ...... Owls Owls , White · 204 38 77 , 161 176 214 166 55 • 6 , 9 ....... 112 ..... 96 108 , 152 36 .... 178 94 106 297 .......... 230 ............. 17 ..
... Owls and Cuckoos . Nuthatch .......... Ornithology of Selborne Oaks Otter Owl , Fern ...... Owls Owls , White · 204 38 77 , 161 176 214 166 55 • 6 , 9 ....... 112 ..... 96 108 , 152 36 .... 178 94 106 297 .......... 230 ............. 17 ..
Page 36
... frequent . The grig of Pennant , which seems to be Mr. Yarrel's second species , appears in the Thames , at Oxford , at a different season from the common eel.- W. J. and settling on the parapet , so late as the 36 OWLS .
... frequent . The grig of Pennant , which seems to be Mr. Yarrel's second species , appears in the Thames , at Oxford , at a different season from the common eel.- W. J. and settling on the parapet , so late as the 36 OWLS .
Page 54
... owl , Fly - catcher , Hirundo urbica . Hirundo riparia . Cuculus canorus . Motacilla luscinia . Motacilla atricapilla . Motacilla sylvia . Motacilla trochilus . Hirundo apus . Charadrius oedicnemus ? Turtur Aldrovandi ? Alauda trivialis ...
... owl , Fly - catcher , Hirundo urbica . Hirundo riparia . Cuculus canorus . Motacilla luscinia . Motacilla atricapilla . Motacilla sylvia . Motacilla trochilus . Hirundo apus . Charadrius oedicnemus ? Turtur Aldrovandi ? Alauda trivialis ...
Page 58
... owls , stone curlews , and snakes , eat them , to my knowledge , with impunity . And I well remember the time , but was not an eye - witness to the fact , ( though numbers of persons were , ) when a quack , at this village , ate a toad ...
... owls , stone curlews , and snakes , eat them , to my knowledge , with impunity . And I well remember the time , but was not an eye - witness to the fact , ( though numbers of persons were , ) when a quack , at this village , ate a toad ...
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abound Alauda Andalusia animal appear April autumn bird of passage birds of prey breed British Zoology brood called chaffinches colour common congeners cuckoo curious district eggs feeding feet female fern-owl field fieldfares fish flocks former frequently frost garden genus Gibraltar Greatham ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects late legs letter Linnæus mandible manner martins mentioned migration mole cricket morning Motacilla natural history naturalist nest never night observed once ornithology owls pair perhaps procured quadrupeds RAII rain redwings remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ringousels season seems seen Selborne shot sing snow soon species specimens spring stone stone curlew strange summer birds suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail titmouse torpid trees vast village weather Whip-poor-will wild wings winter Wolmer Forest wonder woodcocks Woodlark woods young Zoology