The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of SouthamptonBickers and Son, 1875 - 532 pages |
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... breed in England ( pp . 159 , 161 ) , now do so regu- larly in Hants and Sussex , to say nothing of other localities . In regard to the botany of the district , allusion has already been made to the changes which have taken place since ...
... breed in England ( pp . 159 , 161 ) , now do so regu- larly in Hants and Sussex , to say nothing of other localities . In regard to the botany of the district , allusion has already been made to the changes which have taken place since ...
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... breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to ...
... breed there in the summer ; such as lapwings , snipes , wild - ducks , and , as I have discovered within these few years , teals . Partridges in vast plenty are bred in good seasons on the verge of this forest , into which they love to ...
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... breed there . In the winter this covert is also 1 I mean that sort which , rising into tall hassocks , is called by the foresters torrets - a corruption , I suppose , of turrets . - G . W. frequented by foxes , and sometimes by ...
... breed there . In the winter this covert is also 1 I mean that sort which , rising into tall hassocks , is called by the foresters torrets - a corruption , I suppose , of turrets . - G . W. frequented by foxes , and sometimes by ...
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... breed in the forest ; the ducks in the heath , at long distances from the swamp ; the teal nearer to the water . But the numbers of both these species are yearly decreasing . - ED . 66 2 In Rot . Inquisit . de statu forest . in Scaccar ...
... breed in the forest ; the ducks in the heath , at long distances from the swamp ; the teal nearer to the water . But the numbers of both these species are yearly decreasing . - ED . 66 2 In Rot . Inquisit . de statu forest . in Scaccar ...
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Gilbert White. were then fledged in their nests . Both species will breed again once ; for I see by my Fauna of last year , that broods came forth so late as September the eighteenth . Are not these late hatchings more in favour of ...
Gilbert White. were then fledged in their nests . Both species will breed again once ; for I see by my Fauna of last year , that broods came forth so late as September the eighteenth . Are not these late hatchings more in favour of ...
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abound animals appear April autumn birds bishop Bishop of Winchester blackcap breed brood called canons chaffinches church colour common cuckoo curious district ecclesie eggs ESQUIRE feet female field fieldfares frequent garden Gilbert White ground Gurdon Hanger haunt hedges Hirundines Hirundo HONOURABLE DAINES BARRINGTON house martins inches insects Item July July 13 July 22 June June 11 June 9 late LETTER Linnæus male manner MARKWICK migration mild natural history nest never night observed parish perhaps Priory Priory of Selborne rain remarkable sand martin says season seems seen Selborne Seleburne Sept showers sings snow species spring stone stone curlew summer suppose Sussex swallow swifts tail THOMAS PENNANT tion titmouse trees village weather whinchat wild willow wren wings winter Wolmer Forest woods young