Magazine of Natural History, Հատոր 6John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1833 |
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... instance of the occurrence of this beautiful bird in North Durham is known ; and very few instances of its occurrence in the north of England are on record . It is a summer visitant , coming to us at uncertain intervals ; and ( it may ...
... instance of the occurrence of this beautiful bird in North Durham is known ; and very few instances of its occurrence in the north of England are on record . It is a summer visitant , coming to us at uncertain intervals ; and ( it may ...
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... instance , in Berwickshire , by Mr. Brown ; the Hypnum stramíneum ( in fruit ) , another of his interesting additions to our list ; and the Lathyrus sylvéstris , and the Càrex distans , lately discovered near Berwick by Mr. Dunlop ...
... instance , in Berwickshire , by Mr. Brown ; the Hypnum stramíneum ( in fruit ) , another of his interesting additions to our list ; and the Lathyrus sylvéstris , and the Càrex distans , lately discovered near Berwick by Mr. Dunlop ...
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... instance of this singular deformity . Here , however , the upper pair of incisors only had been affected : these com- menced diverging from their natural position at the same distance as in the former in- stance , describing nearly a ...
... instance of this singular deformity . Here , however , the upper pair of incisors only had been affected : these com- menced diverging from their natural position at the same distance as in the former in- stance , describing nearly a ...
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... Instances of singular Nidification in Birds . Rev. W. T. BREE , M.A. " Heteroclita sunto . " " Let them be called heteroclites . " By the GILBERT WHITE remarks ( Letter 16. to Daines Barrington ) that " birds , in general , are wise in ...
... Instances of singular Nidification in Birds . Rev. W. T. BREE , M.A. " Heteroclita sunto . " " Let them be called heteroclites . " By the GILBERT WHITE remarks ( Letter 16. to Daines Barrington ) that " birds , in general , are wise in ...
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... instance occurred , within these few years , in this village , of a tomtit ( I am uncertain which species ) selecting a pump - handle for its nest . The large titmouse ( Parus major ) sometimes makes choice of the same convenience ...
... instance occurred , within these few years , in this village , of a tomtit ( I am uncertain which species ) selecting a pump - handle for its nest . The large titmouse ( Parus major ) sometimes makes choice of the same convenience ...
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Էջ 147 - At length did cross an Albatross: Thorough the fog it came : As if it had been a Christian soul, We hailed it in God's name. It ate the food it ne'er had eat, And round and round it flew. The ice did split with a thunder-fit; The helmsman steered us through! And a good south wind sprung up behind; The Albatross did follow, And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariners
Էջ 396 - SILENT nymph, with curious eye ! Who, the purple evening, lie On the mountain's lonely van, Beyond the noise of busy man ; Painting fair the form of things, While the yellow linnet sings ; Or the tuneful nightingale Charms the forest with her tale ; Come, with all thy various hues, Come, and aid thy sister Muse...
Էջ 356 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY. Intended to convey Practical Knowledge of the Science, and comprising the most important recent discoveries ; with explanations of the facts and phenomena which serve to confirm or invalidate various Geological Theories. By ROBERT BAKEWELL.
Էջ 235 - The patriot's virtue and the poet's song, Still, as the tide of ages rolls away, Shall charm the world, unconscious of decay. Yes ! there are hearts, prophetic HOPE may trust, That slumber yet in uncreated dust, Ordain'd to fire th...
Էջ 200 - There shall he love, when genial morn appears, Like pensive Beauty smiling in her tears, To watch the brightening roses of the sky, And muse on Nature with a poet's eye ! — And when the sun's last splendour lights the deep, The woods, and waves, and murmuring winds asleep; When fairy harps th...
Էջ 200 - Hesperian planet hail, And the lone cuckoo sighs along the vale, His path shall be where streamy mountains swell Their shadowy grandeur o'er the narrow dell, Where mouldering piles and forests intervene, Mingling with darker tints the living green ; No circling hills his ravish'd eye to bound, Heaven, Earth, and Ocean, blazing all around.
Էջ 65 - General System of Gardening and Botany; containing a complete Enumeration and Description of all Plants hitherto known; with their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Time of Flowering, Mode of Culture, and their Uses in Medicine and Domestic Economy.
Էջ 142 - ... times the whole of their subsistence. Here, then, if my data be correct, there is the enormous quantity of 468,000 Ibs., or 209 tons, of worms, insects, and their larvae, destroyed by the rooks of a single rookery in one year.
Էջ 160 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.