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A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Fishes, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention … we have already noticed we hardly expect them to breed upon our coasts. It is however from autumn to spring that the … on Steep Holm, and one or two eyries are perhaps left upon the coast. The species is reported to have bred formerly …
A History of the County of Somerset
… ZOOLOGY MOLLUSCS NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a record of inland mollusca … are little more than sketches for others to enlarge upon, and are drawn up chiefly from my own collections, made …
A History of the County of Somerset
… search will do much more than extend our knowledge of the distribution throughout the county of the species … which the spiders hang and capture the prey as it falls upon the sheet. 11. Araneus diadematus (Clerck). Leigh Woods … student of natural history employs himself chiefly just upon those portions to which the consumer is most …