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... eggs - Their beauty and pictu- resque situations — April , its name — Description of Spring by Gawain Douglas - Leafing of Trees a directory for sowing - Habits of animals this month - Satanic footsteps -Rural Occupations - Angling ...
... eggs - Their beauty and pictu- resque situations — April , its name — Description of Spring by Gawain Douglas - Leafing of Trees a directory for sowing - Habits of animals this month - Satanic footsteps -Rural Occupations - Angling ...
Page 38
... eggs , and begun to sit . About this time the green woodpecker is heard in the woods making a loud noise . The elder - tree discloses its flower- buds . The catkins of the hazel become very conspicuous in the hedges . Young leaves are ...
... eggs , and begun to sit . About this time the green woodpecker is heard in the woods making a loud noise . The elder - tree discloses its flower- buds . The catkins of the hazel become very conspicuous in the hedges . Young leaves are ...
Page 53
... eggs , snugly but unwisely built in the pile of old pea - rods . In the fields labourers are plashing and trimming the hedges , and in all directions are teams at plough . You smell the wholesome , and , I may truly say , aromatic soil ...
... eggs , snugly but unwisely built in the pile of old pea - rods . In the fields labourers are plashing and trimming the hedges , and in all directions are teams at plough . You smell the wholesome , and , I may truly say , aromatic soil ...
Page 56
... England in September . The gan- nets , or Soland geese , resort in March to the Hebrides , and other rocky islands of North Britain , to make their nests and lay their eggs . In March and April before pairing - time , star- 56 MARCH .
... England in September . The gan- nets , or Soland geese , resort in March to the Hebrides , and other rocky islands of North Britain , to make their nests and lay their eggs . In March and April before pairing - time , star- 56 MARCH .
Page 64
... eggs in them . In this neighbourhood both the Vespillo and Sepultor , and also the Necrodes littoralis . pursue the same plan ; and I should ima- gine most of our large Necrophaga do the same . April . Thou that hast loved so long and ...
... eggs in them . In this neighbourhood both the Vespillo and Sepultor , and also the Necrodes littoralis . pursue the same plan ; and I should ima- gine most of our large Necrophaga do the same . April . Thou that hast loved so long and ...
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aliis Alpine amongst autumn Azalea banks beauty bees behold birds blue bogs boughs Broad-leaved Butterfly CALENDAR OF BRITISH Chalky Cnicus coast comes April comes Aug comes Dec comes Nov comes Oct Common corn Corn-fields creatures cum mult Curruca delightful Ditches earth eggs Eringo Fieldfare fields flowers forest fresh Fritillary frost Fumitory Gardens Globe-flower goes Feb goes Sept Goosander grass green Haunts Hawkweed heart Hipparchia Hornbeam insects John's-wort larvæ leaves Marsh MARY HOWITT Meadows and pastures Moist month Moth mountains mult Nature nest numbers Orchis Phlox plants pleasant poets Polyommatus pools Primula Purple Rest-Harrow Rhododendron rivers rocks Sandy places Saxifrage Scotland Sea-shore season SELECT CALENDAR snow species Spiræa spirit spring Star of Bethlehem streams summer sweet thou trees tures Viburnum vulgaris Waste ground Watery places White wild Willow winter Woods and hedges Yellow young Zinnia