Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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... noticed that small birds flew through it without hesitation . From time to time I saw other examples , some larger than the first , but there was ever one point not a little mysterious about them ; I had noted in the evening , perhaps ...
... noticed that small birds flew through it without hesitation . From time to time I saw other examples , some larger than the first , but there was ever one point not a little mysterious about them ; I had noted in the evening , perhaps ...
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... noticed in the bramble - overrun hedgerow the curiously fingered blossom of the Large White Convolvulus ( C. sepium , Linn . ) now represented by a specimen , which shows how such a bell - shaped flower may revert to a petalate one by ...
... noticed in the bramble - overrun hedgerow the curiously fingered blossom of the Large White Convolvulus ( C. sepium , Linn . ) now represented by a specimen , which shows how such a bell - shaped flower may revert to a petalate one by ...
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... noticed that it could walk backward quite well , but whenever it tried to walk any other way it rolled over . I gave it over to a bird - stuffer next day , Nov. 17th , and he found that although dead less than twenty - four hours - for ...
... noticed that it could walk backward quite well , but whenever it tried to walk any other way it rolled over . I gave it over to a bird - stuffer next day , Nov. 17th , and he found that although dead less than twenty - four hours - for ...
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... noticed that the botanical books give " woods " as the habitat of this plant . I had also noticed that in Switzerland I have found it anywhere but in woods ! Gremli , in his " Flora of Switzerland , " gives as habitats , " gravelly ...
... noticed that the botanical books give " woods " as the habitat of this plant . I had also noticed that in Switzerland I have found it anywhere but in woods ! Gremli , in his " Flora of Switzerland , " gives as habitats , " gravelly ...
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... noticed his presence . 19 The whole decoy was on the alert for danger at once . The birds on the shore took refuge in the water , those which were swimming stopped for a time , and all eyes watched for the unknown apparition to present ...
... noticed his presence . 19 The whole decoy was on the alert for danger at once . The birds on the shore took refuge in the water , those which were swimming stopped for a time , and all eyes watched for the unknown apparition to present ...
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