Magazine of Natural History: And Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, Volume 2John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829 - Natural history |
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... sand , like those on our Hampstead Heath , are only awaiting a further process of trituration , to be awa- kened into life by the torrent that shall bear them into the ocean ; and the geologist , while he contemplates the organic ...
... sand , like those on our Hampstead Heath , are only awaiting a further process of trituration , to be awa- kened into life by the torrent that shall bear them into the ocean ; and the geologist , while he contemplates the organic ...
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... a dead pig . The reptile , allured to the shore by the squeaking of a live pig , devours bait and hook , and is overwhelmed with mud and sand . ” 1 ART . IV . On the Arrival and Retreat On riding on the Back of a Crocodile . 15.
... a dead pig . The reptile , allured to the shore by the squeaking of a live pig , devours bait and hook , and is overwhelmed with mud and sand . ” 1 ART . IV . On the Arrival and Retreat On riding on the Back of a Crocodile . 15.
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... A See Hist . of Selborne , Letter xxi . to Thomas Pennant , Esq . , and Letter xviii . to the Hon . D. Barrington . sand marten is the one which we should naturally expect 16 On the Arrival and Retreat of British Hirundines .
... A See Hist . of Selborne , Letter xxi . to Thomas Pennant , Esq . , and Letter xviii . to the Hon . D. Barrington . sand marten is the one which we should naturally expect 16 On the Arrival and Retreat of British Hirundines .
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... sand marten on the 21st of March . In two several seasons I have observed the sand marten on the 31st of that month ; once in Cornwall , and once in this neighbourhood , as appears by the following table , under the years 1818 and 1822 ...
... sand marten on the 21st of March . In two several seasons I have observed the sand marten on the 31st of that month ; once in Cornwall , and once in this neighbourhood , as appears by the following table , under the years 1818 and 1822 ...
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... sand marten are so scanty . The fact is , though the sand marten is less than the house marten , and of a dif- ferent colour , the two species are not always readily to be dis- tinguished from each other , unless a tolerably near view ...
... sand marten are so scanty . The fact is , though the sand marten is less than the house marten , and of a dif- ferent colour , the two species are not always readily to be dis- tinguished from each other , unless a tolerably near view ...
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