The Quarterly Review, Volume 282William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1942 |
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Page 154
... red squirrel , so common thirty years ago that the majority of nests seen in the tree - tops were his handiwork , providing , indeed , a frequent source of disappointment to the egg- collecting boy . Of all creatures the red squirrel is ...
... red squirrel , so common thirty years ago that the majority of nests seen in the tree - tops were his handiwork , providing , indeed , a frequent source of disappointment to the egg- collecting boy . Of all creatures the red squirrel is ...
Page 155
... squirrel disappeared , and the setting in which he had so conspicuously figured knew him no more . The case lacked ... red preferring conifers ; the grey , deciduous trees . ( c ) The red squirrel was equally scarce in counties not ...
... squirrel disappeared , and the setting in which he had so conspicuously figured knew him no more . The case lacked ... red preferring conifers ; the grey , deciduous trees . ( c ) The red squirrel was equally scarce in counties not ...
Page 352
... squirrel because it is an alien . But in several parts of Scotland the red squirrel is common and the grey squirrel is scarce , and forestry officers have to reduce the numbers of squirrels in order to check the damage to the shoots of ...
... squirrel because it is an alien . But in several parts of Scotland the red squirrel is common and the grey squirrel is scarce , and forestry officers have to reduce the numbers of squirrels in order to check the damage to the shoots of ...
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