It is now more than forty years that I have paid some attention to the ornithology of this district, without being able to exhaust the subject: new occurrences still arise as long as any inquiries are kept alive.
Gilbert White
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Natural History of Selborne (1789), Volume II; Exact wording and attribution checked. Letters recording observations of countryside life and the continuing scope for discovery.
- The Natural History of Selborne (1789), Volume II
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