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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 … were seen at Charlinch near Bridgwater by the Rev. W. A. Bell. About the same time a small flock was seen at Nynehead, …
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), … cratgi, L. As in other parts of England, the 'Black-veined White' has not been seen for many years. It was formerly …
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 … a correspondent of Dr. Leach, and subsequently of Thomas Bell, both distinguished carcinologists, and one may be … in several localities, and among these, according to Adam White, 'the Rev. Alfred Norman has found it at Clevedon in …