The Natural History of SelborneArrowsmith, 1925 - 248 pages |
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... Titmouse : Young Blue Titmice Great Titmouse Long - tailed Titmouse Turtle Dove Turtle Dove : Wagtail Pied Wagtail Warbler . Wood - wren or Wood - warbler Grasshopper Warbler on Nest Willow - warbler or Willow - wren at Nest Whinchat ...
... Titmouse : Young Blue Titmice Great Titmouse Long - tailed Titmouse Turtle Dove Turtle Dove : Wagtail Pied Wagtail Warbler . Wood - wren or Wood - warbler Grasshopper Warbler on Nest Willow - warbler or Willow - wren at Nest Whinchat ...
Page 52
... titmouse , with its back downwards . Yours , etc. , etc. occasionally met with in winter in extreme south and west of England . Turtle dove certainly migratory , coming at end of April or beginning of May , and departing in August or ...
... titmouse , with its back downwards . Yours , etc. , etc. occasionally met with in winter in extreme south and west of England . Turtle dove certainly migratory , coming at end of April or beginning of May , and departing in August or ...
Page 95
... titmouse : the great titmouse sings with three cheerful joyous notes , and begins about the same time . ‡ Wrens sing all the winter through , frost excepted . House - martins came remarkably late this year both in Hampshire and ...
... titmouse : the great titmouse sings with three cheerful joyous notes , and begins about the same time . ‡ Wrens sing all the winter through , frost excepted . House - martins came remarkably late this year both in Hampshire and ...
Page 96
Gilbert White, Richard Kearton. Facing page 97 . Male Stonechat . Great Titmouse . Facing page 100 .
Gilbert White, Richard Kearton. Facing page 97 . Male Stonechat . Great Titmouse . Facing page 100 .
Page 96
... titmouse winters with us ; they have what I call a kind of intermediate bill between the hard and the soft , between ... titmouse , which is almost as minute as the golden - crowned wren : but the blue titmouse , or nun ( parus cæruleus ) ...
... titmouse winters with us ; they have what I call a kind of intermediate bill between the hard and the soft , between ... titmouse , which is almost as minute as the golden - crowned wren : but the blue titmouse , or nun ( parus cæruleus ) ...
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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