Field and Forest Rambles: With Notes and Observations on the Natural History of Eastern CanadaHenry S. King & Company, 1873 - 333 páginas |
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... Cold and Climate on the inward and outward Economies of Animals and Plants - Results of Climate on certain Indigenous and Foreign Animals and Trees - Pines split by Frost A Silver Frost - Climate affecting Fruits - Ox - eye Daisy Crows ...
... Cold and Climate on the inward and outward Economies of Animals and Plants - Results of Climate on certain Indigenous and Foreign Animals and Trees - Pines split by Frost A Silver Frost - Climate affecting Fruits - Ox - eye Daisy Crows ...
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... Cold Seasons on Winter Migratory Birds - Winter - breeding Birds- Crossbills and their Varieties of Plumage - Possible Causes of the Crossing of the Mandibles and bending of the Beaks of certain Birds - Deformed Beaks of Birds - Habits ...
... Cold Seasons on Winter Migratory Birds - Winter - breeding Birds- Crossbills and their Varieties of Plumage - Possible Causes of the Crossing of the Mandibles and bending of the Beaks of certain Birds - Deformed Beaks of Birds - Habits ...
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... cold and heat than that of Great Britain , is , with the usual precautions , well adapted to the constitution of the Northman . Of course the coast region enjoys milder seasons than the central and northern portions . The Newfoundland ...
... cold and heat than that of Great Britain , is , with the usual precautions , well adapted to the constitution of the Northman . Of course the coast region enjoys milder seasons than the central and northern portions . The Newfoundland ...
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... cold obtain in the former over the climate of the seaboard . Among the first impressions of Canadian scenery , few are more striking than the freezing , snowing over , and breaking up of the ice on the great rivers and lakes . The short ...
... cold obtain in the former over the climate of the seaboard . Among the first impressions of Canadian scenery , few are more striking than the freezing , snowing over , and breaking up of the ice on the great rivers and lakes . The short ...
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... cold , and bracing , with a clear atmosphere and most exhilarating , so that when well wrapped up one abso- lutely does not feel a temperature many degrees under zero Winter Aspect of the Rivers . 7 so much as 6 Field and Forest Rambles .
... cold , and bracing , with a clear atmosphere and most exhilarating , so that when well wrapped up one abso- lutely does not feel a temperature many degrees under zero Winter Aspect of the Rivers . 7 so much as 6 Field and Forest Rambles .
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