Snipe and WoodcockLongmans, Green, 1903 - 298 páginas |
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... drumming in the case of the snipe , habits which no other birds possess— we have a further peculiarity common to both of them , viz . their uncertainty , or erratic ways , uncer- tainty such as we never see displayed by the rest of the ...
... drumming in the case of the snipe , habits which no other birds possess— we have a further peculiarity common to both of them , viz . their uncertainty , or erratic ways , uncer- tainty such as we never see displayed by the rest of the ...
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... drumming : the controversy was as to whether the drumming , or bleating , sound came from the bird's vocal organs or whether it was produced by other means . I do not think anyone hearing a drumming snipe for the first time and being ...
... drumming : the controversy was as to whether the drumming , or bleating , sound came from the bird's vocal organs or whether it was produced by other means . I do not think anyone hearing a drumming snipe for the first time and being ...
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... drumming of the snipe that anyone may be forgiven for mistaking the one for the other , it is but natural that people should have maintained through thick and thin that the snipe's drumming comes from the snipe's throat . Everything but ...
... drumming of the snipe that anyone may be forgiven for mistaking the one for the other , it is but natural that people should have maintained through thick and thin that the snipe's drumming comes from the snipe's throat . Everything but ...
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... drumming , both sounds being distinctly heard at the same time . Anyone wishing to assure himself by personal observation that the snipe utters its cry at the same time that it drums can do so , but he should know that the simultaneous ...
... drumming , both sounds being distinctly heard at the same time . Anyone wishing to assure himself by personal observation that the snipe utters its cry at the same time that it drums can do so , but he should know that the simultaneous ...
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... drumming . The snipe only drums during the breeding season , and then it is only the male bird who does the drumming . As far as my own observations have enabled me to connect a certain male snipe with a certain nest , I believe the ...
... drumming . The snipe only drums during the breeding season , and then it is only the male bird who does the drumming . As far as my own observations have enabled me to connect a certain male snipe with a certain nest , I believe the ...
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