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Indeed , when Bohemian officials of high rank visited London in 1465 , one of them made an entry in his diary to the effect that he had never seen so many kites anywhere as he had in the vicinity of London Bridge , and a hundred years ...
Indeed , when Bohemian officials of high rank visited London in 1465 , one of them made an entry in his diary to the effect that he had never seen so many kites anywhere as he had in the vicinity of London Bridge , and a hundred years ...
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In London's Natural History , ' Mr Fitter tells us : ' Some time between 1898 and 1919 , the starlings roosting in trees on the islands in the parks , and gradually spreading to the trees in the squares . . . lost the habit of migrating ...
In London's Natural History , ' Mr Fitter tells us : ' Some time between 1898 and 1919 , the starlings roosting in trees on the islands in the parks , and gradually spreading to the trees in the squares . . . lost the habit of migrating ...
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Few birds visitors to our cities have caused greater interest than the black redstarts which have been breeding in London for the past twenty years , for this is not a case of birds changing the habits of long years in order to remain ...
Few birds visitors to our cities have caused greater interest than the black redstarts which have been breeding in London for the past twenty years , for this is not a case of birds changing the habits of long years in order to remain ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 286 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1948 |
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