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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... observation , all in one season , and at no great distance apart . The first instance was on June 9th , 1885 , when I ... observed the wren carry up a billful of dry grass , enter the nest , deposit its cargo , and then depart , softly ...
... observation , all in one season , and at no great distance apart . The first instance was on June 9th , 1885 , when I ... observed the wren carry up a billful of dry grass , enter the nest , deposit its cargo , and then depart , softly ...
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... observation , the distance was not more than three feet from the ground . This lowly - hung nest was attached to the side of a beam in the roof of an occupied pigstye , and contained four eggs much in- cubated ; the upper storey of this ...
... observation , the distance was not more than three feet from the ground . This lowly - hung nest was attached to the side of a beam in the roof of an occupied pigstye , and contained four eggs much in- cubated ; the upper storey of this ...
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... observe how frequently this name , slightly modified in various ways , is used in a great number of languages to convey the idea of something sharp or piercing . At the risk of being regarded as boastful , I will at once inform my ...
... observe how frequently this name , slightly modified in various ways , is used in a great number of languages to convey the idea of something sharp or piercing . At the risk of being regarded as boastful , I will at once inform my ...
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... observation . We have already spoken of the first vol . ; it only remains to say the second is as good , if not better , were the latter possible . Indeed , the author declares it is just possible the second vol . will be more ...
... observation . We have already spoken of the first vol . ; it only remains to say the second is as good , if not better , were the latter possible . Indeed , the author declares it is just possible the second vol . will be more ...
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... Observations on the Tertiary and post - Tertiary Geology of South - Western Victoria . " MR . MONTAGU BROWN has ... observed in Imbecility , Epilepsy , and the second stage of General Paralysis of the Insane . " MR . C. J. GILBERT'S ...
... Observations on the Tertiary and post - Tertiary Geology of South - Western Victoria . " MR . MONTAGU BROWN has ... observed in Imbecility , Epilepsy , and the second stage of General Paralysis of the Insane . " MR . C. J. GILBERT'S ...
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