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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Page 34
... rounded , but of variable size , sometimes being an inch , or an inch and a half or more in diameter . Externally it looks shaggy , or like a ball of moss , being covered with moss - like , branching fibres , which are at first green ...
... rounded , but of variable size , sometimes being an inch , or an inch and a half or more in diameter . Externally it looks shaggy , or like a ball of moss , being covered with moss - like , branching fibres , which are at first green ...
Page 39
... round a while in reflection , wags his tail , and takes his rest with his head cocked to one side , and his gaze fixed on the dainty morsel enclosed in the protecting shell . When he has quite recovered his breath be " goes for it ...
... round a while in reflection , wags his tail , and takes his rest with his head cocked to one side , and his gaze fixed on the dainty morsel enclosed in the protecting shell . When he has quite recovered his breath be " goes for it ...
Page 40
... round one another , and making a circuit of the pond at the same time , —as astronomers tell us that some twin stars move through space . The air reverberated with constant cries , which apparently had their source in the jealousy of an ...
... round one another , and making a circuit of the pond at the same time , —as astronomers tell us that some twin stars move through space . The air reverberated with constant cries , which apparently had their source in the jealousy of an ...
Page 46
... round for more than six feet . In one direction , in the corner , was a small heap of stones covered with moss and nettles . A careful inspection - no hole nor appearance of one , except at the nest , which was of proper size . The nest ...
... round for more than six feet . In one direction , in the corner , was a small heap of stones covered with moss and nettles . A careful inspection - no hole nor appearance of one , except at the nest , which was of proper size . The nest ...
Page 47
... rounded spotless eggs of the thrush , mentioned by Mr. Nunn and others . I have seen several eggs of this class taken from this district , and also those of the blackbird of the same type , i.e. devoid of markings . On May 3 , 1889 , I ...
... rounded spotless eggs of the thrush , mentioned by Mr. Nunn and others . I have seen several eggs of this class taken from this district , and also those of the blackbird of the same type , i.e. devoid of markings . On May 3 , 1889 , I ...
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