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... insects ; a notice of Rural Occupations , and , finally , one of Angling , are added . For assistance in drawing up the Botanical and Entomological Calendars , I am indebted to my brother Dr. Godfrey Howitt . Nottingham , December 15th ...
... insects ; a notice of Rural Occupations , and , finally , one of Angling , are added . For assistance in drawing up the Botanical and Entomological Calendars , I am indebted to my brother Dr. Godfrey Howitt . Nottingham , December 15th ...
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... insects ; and linnets congregate . Pullets begin to lay ; young lambs are dropped now in southern counties , but the more common time of lamb- ing is in March . The fieldfares , redwings , sky- larks , and titlarks , resort to watered ...
... insects ; and linnets congregate . Pullets begin to lay ; young lambs are dropped now in southern counties , but the more common time of lamb- ing is in March . The fieldfares , redwings , sky- larks , and titlarks , resort to watered ...
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... insects required an apology . To assert that they are things too insignificant for the notice of human beings , is to confess an ignorance of himself , of the world in which he lives , and of the God who made both him and it , that no ...
... insects required an apology . To assert that they are things too insignificant for the notice of human beings , is to confess an ignorance of himself , of the world in which he lives , and of the God who made both him and it , that no ...
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... INSECTS . NOTE . - The Insects of this and all the following lists are named from the Systematic Catalogue of Stephens . Cychrus rostratus . Localities , under dead leaves and in rotten trees during the winter ; pathways in summer ...
... INSECTS . NOTE . - The Insects of this and all the following lists are named from the Systematic Catalogue of Stephens . Cychrus rostratus . Localities , under dead leaves and in rotten trees during the winter ; pathways in summer ...
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... insects included in the list for this month , may be found the greater part of the year . They hybernate copiously beneath moss and the bark of trees . Aquatic beetles , being less subject to atmospheric changes , may be observed and ...
... insects included in the list for this month , may be found the greater part of the year . They hybernate copiously beneath moss and the bark of trees . Aquatic beetles , being less subject to atmospheric changes , may be observed 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