Snipe and WoodcockLongmans, Green, 1903 - 298 páginas |
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... shot or otherwise taken ; and , so far as the Editor is aware , in no book hitherto published on Natural History or Sport has in- formation been given as to the best methods of turning the contents of the bag to account . 999273 Each ...
... shot or otherwise taken ; and , so far as the Editor is aware , in no book hitherto published on Natural History or Sport has in- formation been given as to the best methods of turning the contents of the bag to account . 999273 Each ...
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... ' ' THE KEEN SNIPE SHOT IS OUT WITH HIS GUN AT DAWN ' . HOW TO THROW A GUN 6 I'VE GOT ' IM ' . A LABOUR OF LOVE HUNGRY WOODCOCK ' NO SHOUTING ! ' . 96 100 ور 170 " " 178 د , 196 99 272 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SNIPE BY L. H. DE VISME.
... ' ' THE KEEN SNIPE SHOT IS OUT WITH HIS GUN AT DAWN ' . HOW TO THROW A GUN 6 I'VE GOT ' IM ' . A LABOUR OF LOVE HUNGRY WOODCOCK ' NO SHOUTING ! ' . 96 100 ور 170 " " 178 د , 196 99 272 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SNIPE BY L. H. DE VISME.
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... 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.
... 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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... shot in our islands later than November . Those birds which visit us are stragglers from the main body , whose migrating line is eastward of our shores . The great snipe flies slowly and heavily , and without twisting ; the flights it ...
... shot in our islands later than November . Those birds which visit us are stragglers from the main body , whose migrating line is eastward of our shores . The great snipe flies slowly and heavily , and without twisting ; the flights it ...
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... shot were really great snipe . The Solitary Snipe I have at different times shot here is much larger than the Common Snipe ; bill shorter ; plumage nearly alike , with the exception of the belly , which in the Common is white , but in ...
... shot were really great snipe . The Solitary Snipe I have at different times shot here is much larger than the Common Snipe ; bill shorter ; plumage nearly alike , with the exception of the belly , which in the Common is white , but in ...
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