The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of Nature and the Naturalist's Calendar |
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... EDWARD JESSE , ESQ . Author of " Gleanings in Natural History , " & c . & c . WITH FORTY ENGRAVINGS . LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1890 . LONDON : PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS , LIMITED.
... EDWARD JESSE , ESQ . Author of " Gleanings in Natural History , " & c . & c . WITH FORTY ENGRAVINGS . LONDON : GEORGE BELL AND SONS , YORK STREET , COVENT GARDEN . 1890 . LONDON : PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS , LIMITED.
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... BUZZARD NUTHATCH MAGPIE WILD DUCK OR MALLARD PARTRIDGES CORNCRAKES OR LANDRAILS HEN HARRIERS GREY WAGTAIL GARDEN SNAIL 248 264 - 278 . 309 310 312 314 316 328 · 347 A SHORT BIOGRAPHY or THE REV . GILBERT WHITE . IV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
... BUZZARD NUTHATCH MAGPIE WILD DUCK OR MALLARD PARTRIDGES CORNCRAKES OR LANDRAILS HEN HARRIERS GREY WAGTAIL GARDEN SNAIL 248 264 - 278 . 309 310 312 314 316 328 · 347 A SHORT BIOGRAPHY or THE REV . GILBERT WHITE . IV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... gardener , Sir William Temple , a century ago , complains of this nuisance as infesting his exctics . -Works , vol . 3 , p . 209 , 8vo , 1757 . " If this author should be thought by any to have been too minute in his researches , be it ...
... gardener , Sir William Temple , a century ago , complains of this nuisance as infesting his exctics . -Works , vol . 3 , p . 209 , 8vo , 1757 . " If this author should be thought by any to have been too minute in his researches , be it ...
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... garden , affording a variety of sun and shade , and abounding in lettuces , poppies , kidney - beans , and many other salubrious and delectable herbs and plants , and especially with a good choice of delicate gooseberries ! But still at ...
... garden , affording a variety of sun and shade , and abounding in lettuces , poppies , kidney - beans , and many other salubrious and delectable herbs and plants , and especially with a good choice of delicate gooseberries ! But still at ...
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... gardener , and escaped into the sainfoin , which begun to be in bloom , and thence into the beans . I was missing eight days , wandering in this wilderness of sweets , and exploring the meadow at times . But my pains were all to no ...
... gardener , and escaped into the sainfoin , which begun to be in bloom , and thence into the beans . I was missing eight days , wandering in this wilderness of sweets , and exploring the meadow at times . But my pains were all to no ...
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