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... things being equal , or just about equal , we can , from the naturalist's point of view , credit neither bird with that which would give it precedence before the other . From the point of view of the epicurean , a ballot would place the ...
... things being equal , or just about equal , we can , from the naturalist's point of view , credit neither bird with that which would give it precedence before the other . From the point of view of the epicurean , a ballot would place the ...
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... things . It is said on good authority that even leeches have been found in his crop . The snipe's appetite and powers of rapid digestion fall but a little way behind those of the robin . A full snipe has been known , when kept in ...
... things . It is said on good authority that even leeches have been found in his crop . The snipe's appetite and powers of rapid digestion fall but a little way behind those of the robin . A full snipe has been known , when kept in ...
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... thing , according to my own ex- perience , to find people who believe implicitly that the snipe has the habit of springing from the ground on its beak ; otherwise that it often , if not generally- I have heard a poaching snipe shooter ...
... thing , according to my own ex- perience , to find people who believe implicitly that the snipe has the habit of springing from the ground on its beak ; otherwise that it often , if not generally- I have heard a poaching snipe shooter ...
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... thing is , that the snipe never drums save when plunging head foremost towards the earth : no snipe has ever been heard to drum while resting on the ground , no snipe has ever been heard to drum while flying upwards or parallel with the ...
... thing is , that the snipe never drums save when plunging head foremost towards the earth : no snipe has ever been heard to drum while resting on the ground , no snipe has ever been heard to drum while flying upwards or parallel with the ...
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... things . The object of the twisting of a snipe is to take all possible advantage of the force of the wind . He rises against the wind in order that he may mount the air more rapidly and more easily , for by facing the wind he not only ...
... things . The object of the twisting of a snipe is to take all possible advantage of the force of the wind . He rises against the wind in order that he may mount the air more rapidly and more easily , for by facing the wind he not only ...
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