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... entirely by the sea shore . Brown snipe keep in large wisps , and fly in close formation like the stint . Upwards of a hundred have been killed at a shot by American coast gunners . The length of the brown snipe is about 10 in IO THE SNIPE.
... entirely by the sea shore . Brown snipe keep in large wisps , and fly in close formation like the stint . Upwards of a hundred have been killed at a shot by American coast gunners . The length of the brown snipe is about 10 in IO THE SNIPE.
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... perhaps encounter more than three or four jack to every hundred full snipe . It is a matter of constant observation that the jack is found in fewer numbers every year . I do not think the THE FULL SNIPE AND HIS COUSINS 15.
... perhaps encounter more than three or four jack to every hundred full snipe . It is a matter of constant observation that the jack is found in fewer numbers every year . I do not think the THE FULL SNIPE AND HIS COUSINS 15.
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... hundred yards from where he was flushed . I have seen a jack , missed with both barrels , fly a distance of a couple of hundred yards or so and then turn and settle again within thirty yards of the gunner . During the daytime — he does ...
... hundred yards from where he was flushed . I have seen a jack , missed with both barrels , fly a distance of a couple of hundred yards or so and then turn and settle again within thirty yards of the gunner . During the daytime — he does ...
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... hundred yards and then drop ; others , visibly cut about by the shot , would take themselves off as though nothing had happened . Two or three jack were among the wounded ones . As may be imagined , THE GUN AND THE CHARGE 71.
... hundred yards and then drop ; others , visibly cut about by the shot , would take themselves off as though nothing had happened . Two or three jack were among the wounded ones . As may be imagined , THE GUN AND THE CHARGE 71.
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... hundred of bricks , and is straightway voted a duffer ; the same fate is in store for him at the hands of A's followers if he believes in and advocates the dicta of B. The adherents of C will dub him an ignoramus if he sup- ports D's ...
... hundred of bricks , and is straightway voted a duffer ; the same fate is in store for him at the hands of A's followers if he believes in and advocates the dicta of B. The adherents of C will dub him an ignoramus if he sup- ports D's ...
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