The Natural History of SelbourneJohn Lane, 1900 - 528 pages |
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... Males 7 , 61 inclusive From 1760 to 1769 ) Males 9 , 1 ) Fem . 8 , 9 ) inclusive From 1770 to 1779 | Males 10 , From 1720 to 1729 , ) Males 6 , 9 ) both years inclusive Fem . 6 , o From 1730 to 1739 , Males 6 , 9 ) to 17.39 ) Males 8 ...
... Males 7 , 61 inclusive From 1760 to 1769 ) Males 9 , 1 ) Fem . 8 , 9 ) inclusive From 1770 to 1779 | Males 10 , From 1720 to 1729 , ) Males 6 , 9 ) both years inclusive Fem . 6 , o From 1730 to 1739 , Males 6 , 9 ) to 17.39 ) Males 8 ...
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... Males exceed Females by one - tenth , or one in ten . Burials of Females exceed Males by one in thirty . It appears that a child , born and bred in this parish , has an equal chance to live above forty years . Twins thirteen times ...
... Males exceed Females by one - tenth , or one in ten . Burials of Females exceed Males by one in thirty . It appears that a child , born and bred in this parish , has an equal chance to live above forty years . Twins thirteen times ...
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... males exceeded those of females The burials of each sex were equal . And the births exceeded the deaths IO · 140 Since the passage above was written , I am happy in being able to say that the spinning employment is a little revived , to ...
... males exceeded those of females The burials of each sex were equal . And the births exceeded the deaths IO · 140 Since the passage above was written , I am happy in being able to say that the spinning employment is a little revived , to ...
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... male garrulus bohemicus or German silk - tail , from the five peculiar crimson tags or points which it carries at the ends of five of the short remiges . It cannot , I suppose , with any propriety , be called an English bird ; and yet I ...
... male garrulus bohemicus or German silk - tail , from the five peculiar crimson tags or points which it carries at the ends of five of the short remiges . It cannot , I suppose , with any propriety , be called an English bird ; and yet I ...
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... male has no penis intrans ) is notorious to everybody because we see them sticking upon each other's backs for a month together in the spring and yet I never saw or read of toads being observed in the same situation . It is strange that ...
... male has no penis intrans ) is notorious to everybody because we see them sticking upon each other's backs for a month together in the spring and yet I never saw or read of toads being observed in the same situation . It is strange that ...
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