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... WOOD ( William ) . Zoography ; or , the Beauties of Nature displayed . 3 vols . 8vo ; 1807 . YARRELL ( William ) . History of British Birds . 3 vols . 8vo ; London , 1843 . Ant Bee Blighters Death - Watch Gadfly · ZOOLOGICAL INDEX OF ...
... WOOD ( William ) . Zoography ; or , the Beauties of Nature displayed . 3 vols . 8vo ; 1807 . YARRELL ( William ) . History of British Birds . 3 vols . 8vo ; London , 1843 . Ant Bee Blighters Death - Watch Gadfly · ZOOLOGICAL INDEX OF ...
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... wood - worm That lives in old wood , like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch , And chambermaids christen the worm a death- watch : Because , like a watch , it always cries click ; Then woe be to ...
... wood - worm That lives in old wood , like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch , And chambermaids christen the worm a death- watch : Because , like a watch , it always cries click ; Then woe be to ...
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... Wood - worm , v . 7. p . 322. * It is chiefly in the advanced state of the spring that this alarming little being com- mences its sound , which is no other than the call or signal by which insects of this species usually attend to each ...
... Wood - worm , v . 7. p . 322. * It is chiefly in the advanced state of the spring that this alarming little being com- mences its sound , which is no other than the call or signal by which insects of this species usually attend to each ...
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... wood , viz . of an obscure greyish brown , that it may for a considerable time elude the search of the inquirer : it is about a quarter of an inch in length , and is moderately thick in proportion , and the wing shells are marked with ...
... wood , viz . of an obscure greyish brown , that it may for a considerable time elude the search of the inquirer : it is about a quarter of an inch in length , and is moderately thick in proportion , and the wing shells are marked with ...
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... wood . Geoffroy believed that it was occasioned by a species of Anobium , which strikes with re- doubled blows the old wood for the purpose of piercing it , and thus procuring itself a lodging . The spider , of which mention has been ...
... wood . Geoffroy believed that it was occasioned by a species of Anobium , which strikes with re- doubled blows the old wood for the purpose of piercing it , and thus procuring itself a lodging . The spider , of which mention has been ...
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