The Natural History of SelborneDent, 1949 - 296 pages Excerpt from The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature; And the Naturalist's Calendar Every thing relating to the family of Gilbert White must be interesting. His father was born in 1688, and died in 1759. And of his brothers, one of them, Thomas, was a Fellow Of the Royal Society. To him, Gilbert was indebted for very many suggestions for his work, and to his influ ence the public owe whatever pleasure they may have derived from its perusal, as it was only with much per suasion that the philosopher of Selborne could be induced to pass through the ordeal of criticism, having a great dread of reviewers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... mention , while I think of it , an anecdote which the above - mentioned gentleman told me when I was last at his house ; which was that , in a warren joining to his outlet , many daws ( corvi monedula ) build every year in the rabbit ...
... mentioned bird in other words ? Says he , ' Omnia prioris ' ( meaning the swift ) ; ' sed pectus album ; paulo major priore . ' I do not suppose this to be a new species . It is true also of the melba , that ' nidificat in excelsis ...
... mentioned in my last , appeared this year as early as the eleventh of April amidst frost and snow ; but they withdrew again for a time . I am not pleased to find that some people seem so little satisfied with Scopoli's new publication ...