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" Warleigh; and have been assured, by a good observer, that martins have frequently been seen flying during mild weather even in the Christmas week, at Plympton. These birds build in the hollows of the rocks under Wembury Cliffs, as well as about the houses... "
Transactions - Page 307
by Plymouth athenaeum - 1830
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Transactions of the Plymouth Institution

Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society - Natural history - 1830 - 398 pages
...frequently been seen flying during mild weather even in the Christmas week, at Plymton. These birds build in the hollows of the rocks under Wembury cliffs,...question but that some of them are often found here in winter in a torpid state, from which Mr. White supposes they sometimes revive, from their being seen...
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On the Ornithology of the South of Devon

Edward Moore (M.D. F.L.S.) - Ornithology - 1830 - 74 pages
...frequently been seen flying during mild weather even in the Christinas week, at Plymton. These birds build in the hollows of the rocks under Wembury cliffs,...as well as about the houses in this neighbourhood. £. M. Sp. 62. — CHIMHEY SWALLOW. — Hiruudo rustica. (Lin.) Common ; arrives about the first week...
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Traditions, Legends, Superstitions, and Sketches of Devonshire: On ..., Volume 1

Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - Devon (England) - 1838 - 410 pages
...frequently been seen flying during mild weather even in the Christmas week, at Plympton. These birds build in the hollows of the rocks under Wembury Cliffs,...as well as about the houses in this neighbourhood." Our winters are seldom severe ; and when we have snow it does not lie long upon the ground. But Dartmoor,...
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The Borders of the Tamar and the Tavy: Their Natural History ..., Volume 1

Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - Devon (England) - 1879 - 480 pages
...frequently been seen flying during mild weather even in the Christmas week, at Plympton. These birds build in the hollows of the rocks under Wembury Cliffs,...as well as about the houses in this neighbourhood." Our winters are seldom severe ; and when we have snow it does not lie long upon the ground. But Dartmoor,...
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The borders of the Tamar and the Tavy, Volume 1

Anna Eliza Bray - 1879 - 480 pages
...frequently been seen flying during mild weather even in the Christmas week, at Plympton. These birds build in the hollows of the rocks under Wembury Cliffs,...as well as about the houses in this neighbourhood." 8 A DEEP SNOW. [LET. Our winters are seldom severe ; and when we have snow it does not lie long upon...
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