The Natural History of SelbourneG. Routledge, 1853 - 428 pages |
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Page 146
... species , the latter only two hundred and twenty - one . Let me add , also , that it has shown near half the species that were ever known in Great Britain.1 On a retrospect , I observe that my long letter carries with it a quaint and ...
... species , the latter only two hundred and twenty - one . Let me add , also , that it has shown near half the species that were ever known in Great Britain.1 On a retrospect , I observe that my long letter carries with it a quaint and ...
Page 200
... species of birds have their peculiar lice : but the hirundines alone seem to be annoyed with dipterous insects , which infest every species , and are so large , in proportion to themselves , that they must be extremely irksome and inju ...
... species of birds have their peculiar lice : but the hirundines alone seem to be annoyed with dipterous insects , which infest every species , and are so large , in proportion to themselves , that they must be extremely irksome and inju ...
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... species feeds much on little coleoptera , as well as on gnats and flies , and often settles on dug ground , or paths , for gravels to grind and digest its food . Before they depart , for some weeks , to a bird they forsake houses and ...
... species feeds much on little coleoptera , as well as on gnats and flies , and often settles on dug ground , or paths , for gravels to grind and digest its food . Before they depart , for some weeks , to a bird they forsake houses and ...
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The Natural History of Selbourne: With Observations on Various Parts of ... Gilbert White No preview available - 2017 |
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