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... seen , is the strong - winged , large - eyed , wide - mouthed night - swallow , or fern owl . Here and there you will see him in the course of your evening rambles ; but to find his stronghold and hunting - ground you must range far ...
... seen , is the strong - winged , large - eyed , wide - mouthed night - swallow , or fern owl . Here and there you will see him in the course of your evening rambles ; but to find his stronghold and hunting - ground you must range far ...
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... seen moving close to our resting - place , a toad of aldermanic girth . He is going home . A very lucky thing for him that the creature who picks him up is not on entomological thoughts intent , or the " bee - snapping Gabriel " would ...
... seen moving close to our resting - place , a toad of aldermanic girth . He is going home . A very lucky thing for him that the creature who picks him up is not on entomological thoughts intent , or the " bee - snapping Gabriel " would ...
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... seen Bee - snapping Gabriel , " as they 1 " Bee - snapping Gabriel " is a very old local Surrey name for the toad . The sounds which come from a mixed flight of white - fronted and Bernicle geese , high up in the air , in stormy weather ...
... seen Bee - snapping Gabriel , " as they 1 " Bee - snapping Gabriel " is a very old local Surrey name for the toad . The sounds which come from a mixed flight of white - fronted and Bernicle geese , high up in the air , in stormy weather ...
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... seen , and then rise suddenly bolt - upright on them hind- feet o ' his . Swallows , too , like bees , and all the large moths , the hawk tribe particularly , will force an entrance into the hive , if possible , to feed on the honey ...
... seen , and then rise suddenly bolt - upright on them hind- feet o ' his . Swallows , too , like bees , and all the large moths , the hawk tribe particularly , will force an entrance into the hive , if possible , to feed on the honey ...
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... seen some rough work . At the top of one of the highest hills , in a mere hut of the roughest description , standing on a little clearing surrounded by firs , a solitary keeper lived with his dog . Magnificent scenery lay all about ...
... seen some rough work . At the top of one of the highest hills , in a mere hut of the roughest description , standing on a little clearing surrounded by firs , a solitary keeper lived with his dog . Magnificent scenery lay all about ...
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