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... all others , and make them at once objects of more than ordinary interest . So it is with the woodcock and the snipe . But in addition to a peculiarly distinct habit of each of these birds - carrying the young ones 4 THE SNIPE.
... all others , and make them at once objects of more than ordinary interest . So it is with the woodcock and the snipe . But in addition to a peculiarly distinct habit of each of these birds - carrying the young ones 4 THE SNIPE.
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... once say whether a certain bird is a great snipe or a full snipe , are : that whereas the belly of the full snipe is pure white that of the great snipe is more or less mottled , and that while the full snipe has only fourteen feathers ...
... once say whether a certain bird is a great snipe or a full snipe , are : that whereas the belly of the full snipe is pure white that of the great snipe is more or less mottled , and that while the full snipe has only fourteen feathers ...
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... water . Under normal conditions , they find enough worms in the peat ; when ravenous after a frost they flock to the meadow , but again ignore it when once more fat . resuming his meal . The bird devotes a large share 22 THE SNIPE.
... water . Under normal conditions , they find enough worms in the peat ; when ravenous after a frost they flock to the meadow , but again ignore it when once more fat . resuming his meal . The bird devotes a large share 22 THE SNIPE.
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... once knew eight birds to be killed one after another which averaged just 5 oz . in weight . At the first touch of sharp frost , snipe leave their more open feeding grounds and seek the margin of any water not yet affected . When the ...
... once knew eight birds to be killed one after another which averaged just 5 oz . in weight . At the first touch of sharp frost , snipe leave their more open feeding grounds and seek the margin of any water not yet affected . When the ...
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... once . One is walking , let us say , by the side of a dyke , at the end of which , at right angles , runs another dyke . As the end of the first dyke is reached , one D comes suddenly on a snipe which had hitherto been hidden ...
... once . One is walking , let us say , by the side of a dyke , at the end of which , at right angles , runs another dyke . As the end of the first dyke is reached , one D comes suddenly on a snipe which had hitherto been hidden ...
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