The Natural History of SelborneArrowsmith, 1925 - 248 pages |
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... Red - backed Shrikes Chaffinch : Male Chaffinch feeding Young Chiffchaff Chiffchaff's Nest and Eggs Cormorant Cormorants • Corncrake : Corncrake or Land - rail on Nest Crow : Young Carrion Crows • Facing page 124 " 92 61 221 " " " " 45 ...
... Red - backed Shrikes Chaffinch : Male Chaffinch feeding Young Chiffchaff Chiffchaff's Nest and Eggs Cormorant Cormorants • Corncrake : Corncrake or Land - rail on Nest Crow : Young Carrion Crows • Facing page 124 " 92 61 221 " " " " 45 ...
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... Shrike : Butcher Birds or Red - backed Shrikes Skylark Skylark and Young Snipe Common Snipe on her Nest Sparrow Reed Sparrow Sparrowhawk : Female Sparrowhawk at Nest Stonechat : Male Stonechat Swallow : Young Swallows Swan Swans at Home ...
... Shrike : Butcher Birds or Red - backed Shrikes Skylark Skylark and Young Snipe Common Snipe on her Nest Sparrow Reed Sparrow Sparrowhawk : Female Sparrowhawk at Nest Stonechat : Male Stonechat Swallow : Young Swallows Swan Swans at Home ...
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Gilbert White, Richard Kearton. Willow - wren or Willow - warbler at Nest . Butcher Birds or Red - backed Shrikes . Facing page 59 .
Gilbert White, Richard Kearton. Willow - wren or Willow - warbler at Nest . Butcher Birds or Red - backed Shrikes . Facing page 59 .
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Gilbert White, Richard Kearton. Butcher Birds or Red - backed Shrikes . Newly - fledged Heron . Facing page 61 .
Gilbert White, Richard Kearton. Butcher Birds or Red - backed Shrikes . Newly - fledged Heron . Facing page 61 .
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abound Alauda Andalusia animals appear April autumn birds of passage birds of prey breed brood called chaffinches colour common cuckoo curious DEAR district doubt eggs Facing feeding feet female fieldfares fish flocks forest frequently frost garden gentleman Gilbert White ground Hanger haunt hedges hirundines hirundo house-martins inches insects known Lapwing larvæ late le ham legs LETTER Linnæus male manner martins mentioned migration morning Motacilla natural history naturalist neighbourhood neighbouring nest never night observed ornithologist owls parish perhaps prey procured quadrupeds RAII rain Red-backed Shrikes redwings remarkable remiges retire ring-dove ring-ousels season seems seen SELBORNE sing snow soft-billed sometimes soon species spring stone curlew strange suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail titmouse trees vast village weather Whinchat white-throat wild willow-wren wings winter Wolmer wonder Woodlark woods wren Yellowhammer young