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A History of the County of Somerset
… kestrel, oyster-catcher, and ringed plover, while the white wagtail ( Motacilla alba) appears regularly at the … to object to the mud. A few geese, in particular the white-fronted and brent geese, and even swans are met with in … of the tribe of Anseres, but remains of the goshawk, white-tailed eagle, kite, barn-owl, cormorant, bittern, coot …
A History of the County of Somerset
… liquorice was brought me which contained a few small white maggots. I put this into a closed glass jar, and in a … and that a few rare species, such as the original ' Bath-white' ( Pieris daplidice) and the Large Blue ( Lycna arion), … Leigh Woods (Griffiths), Stoke, Taunton, Wells, Witham Friary (Todd). Not common aceris, L. Scarce and local. Near …
A History of the County of Somerset
… rests on rather slender but sufficient evidence. Adam White, in his List of the specimens of British animals in the … in several localities, and among these, according to Adam White, 'the Rev. Alfred Norman has found it at Clevedon in … existence in brackish water or the sea. Accordingly Adam White, after mentioning various marine localities for this …