Natural History and Antiquities of SelborneMacmillan and Company, 1875 - 591 էջ |
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... 29 HOOPOE . 35 EGG OF HOOPOE THE LYTHE YELLOW WAGTAIL WHEATEAR . QUAIL , EGG OF 36 39 42 43 46 BULLFINCH 48 NUTHATCH . EGG OF NUNHATCH EGG OF GOLDEN - CROWNED WREN 50 51 51 PAGE EGG OF BLACKCAP REDSTART 172 173 WRYNECK . EGG.
... 29 HOOPOE . 35 EGG OF HOOPOE THE LYTHE YELLOW WAGTAIL WHEATEAR . QUAIL , EGG OF 36 39 42 43 46 BULLFINCH 48 NUTHATCH . EGG OF NUNHATCH EGG OF GOLDEN - CROWNED WREN 50 51 51 PAGE EGG OF BLACKCAP REDSTART 172 173 WRYNECK . EGG.
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... WAGTAIL . I saw several dozen of them , in the midst of a severe frost , among the bushes on the downs near Andover : in our wood- land inclosed district it is a rare bird . Wagtails , both white and yellow , are with us all the winter ...
... WAGTAIL . I saw several dozen of them , in the midst of a severe frost , among the bushes on the downs near Andover : in our wood- land inclosed district it is a rare bird . Wagtails , both white and yellow , are with us all the winter ...
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... wagtail , Yellow - wagtail , Grey - wagtail , Wheat - ear , Whin - chat , Stone - chatter , Golden crowned wren , RAII NOMINA . Rubecula : Passer troglodytes : Curruca : Motacilla alba : Motacilla flava : Motacilla cinerea : Oenanthe ...
... wagtail , Yellow - wagtail , Grey - wagtail , Wheat - ear , Whin - chat , Stone - chatter , Golden crowned wren , RAII NOMINA . Rubecula : Passer troglodytes : Curruca : Motacilla alba : Motacilla flava : Motacilla cinerea : Oenanthe ...
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... wagtail , the hedge - sparrow , the titlark , the whitethroat , and the redbreast , all soft - billed insectivorous birds . The excellent Mr. Willughby mentions the nest of the palumbus ( ring - dove ) and of the fringilla ( chaffinch ) ...
... wagtail , the hedge - sparrow , the titlark , the whitethroat , and the redbreast , all soft - billed insectivorous birds . The excellent Mr. Willughby mentions the nest of the palumbus ( ring - dove ) and of the fringilla ( chaffinch ) ...
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... wagtail , when in motion , bobs up and down like that of a jaded horse . Hedge - sparrows have a remarkable flirt with their wings in breeding - time ; as soon as frosty mornings come they make a very piping plaintive noise . Many birds ...
... wagtail , when in motion , bobs up and down like that of a jaded horse . Hedge - sparrows have a remarkable flirt with their wings in breeding - time ; as soon as frosty mornings come they make a very piping plaintive noise . Many birds ...
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The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton Gilbert White Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1905 |
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Էջ 68 - For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Էջ 523 - And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. 12. And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
Էջ 23 - Now scarcely moving through a reedy pool, Now starting to a sudden stream, and now Gently diffused into a limpid plain ; A various group the herds and flocks compose; Rural confusion! on the grassy bank Some ruminating lie; while others stand Half in the flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface.
Էջ 78 - Amusive birds ! say where your hid retreat When the frost rages and the tempests beat ; Whence your return, by such nice instinct led, When Spring, soft season, lifts her bloomy head ? Such baffled searches mock man's prying pride, The GOD of NATURE is your secret guide...
Էջ 290 - Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, JOHN MILTON. 345 In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Էջ 96 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Էջ 251 - Yet there is a season of the year (usually the beginning- of June) when his exertions are remarkable. He then walks on tiptoe, and is stirring by five in the morning ; and, traversing the garden, examines every wicket and interstice in the fences, through which he will escape if possible ; and often has eluded the care of the gardener, and wandered to some distant field. The motives that impel him to undertake these rambles seem to be of the amorous kind : his fancy then becomes intent on sexual...
Էջ 137 - ... way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices : for, as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited on it for more than thirty years, it hobbles towards its benefactress with awkward alacrity ; but remains inattentive to strangers. Thus not only "the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib...
Էջ 147 - Thus careful workmen when they build mud walls (informed at first perhaps by this little bird) raise but a moderate layer at a time, and then desist ; lest the work should become top-heavy, and so be ruined by its own weight.
Էջ 121 - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...