The Quarterly Review, Volume 291William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1953 |
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Page 387
... crow rarely nests on a rock if a tree is available , however insignificant . Upon Dartmoor , for example , there is scarcely a hawthorn , mountain ash , or stunted oak which has not contained a crow's nest at some time in its history ...
... crow rarely nests on a rock if a tree is available , however insignificant . Upon Dartmoor , for example , there is scarcely a hawthorn , mountain ash , or stunted oak which has not contained a crow's nest at some time in its history ...
Page 388
... crow marks no stage or has no place of its own in the scale . Although recognised as a distinct species , to all intents and purposes it is mainly a northern , or in certain cases a local , representative of the carrion crow , and ...
... crow marks no stage or has no place of its own in the scale . Although recognised as a distinct species , to all intents and purposes it is mainly a northern , or in certain cases a local , representative of the carrion crow , and ...
Page 391
... crow nor magpie is spared . There is always the nest - hunting boy who takes every clutch that he finds as a matter of course . Steel traps account for many crows and magpies attracted into the danger zone by rabbits which the gins ...
... crow nor magpie is spared . There is always the nest - hunting boy who takes every clutch that he finds as a matter of course . Steel traps account for many crows and magpies attracted into the danger zone by rabbits which the gins ...
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ART PAGE | 1 |
A Humanitarian Prophet | 7 |
BRITISH CHURCHES AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS RELA | 28 |
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