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... winter , returning to its breeding haunts in the extreme north with the advent of spring . The bird feeds almost entirely by the sea shore . Brown snipe keep in large wisps , and fly in close formation like the stint . Upwards of a ...
... winter , returning to its breeding haunts in the extreme north with the advent of spring . The bird feeds almost entirely by the sea shore . Brown snipe keep in large wisps , and fly in close formation like the stint . Upwards of a ...
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... winter plumage thus : - In the summer , the plumage above is marked with black , cut into narrow waves of brownish yellow ; the rump and tail coverts are white , the tip of each feather marked with a crescent - formed spot of black on ...
... winter plumage thus : - In the summer , the plumage above is marked with black , cut into narrow waves of brownish yellow ; the rump and tail coverts are white , the tip of each feather marked with a crescent - formed spot of black on ...
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... winter , about fifteen years ago , Solitary Snipes were plentiful in the grassy lands of Hayestown , at the foot of the mountain of Forth , about four miles from Wexford . Every day I shot there , I got three or four birds ; since that ...
... winter , about fifteen years ago , Solitary Snipes were plentiful in the grassy lands of Hayestown , at the foot of the mountain of Forth , about four miles from Wexford . Every day I shot there , I got three or four birds ; since that ...
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... winters of the present day , the jack picks up a comfortable living in countries where he could not have existed in the time of the old severe winters , and where the full snipe cannot exist even now . The main body of jack reach us ...
... winters of the present day , the jack picks up a comfortable living in countries where he could not have existed in the time of the old severe winters , and where the full snipe cannot exist even now . The main body of jack reach us ...
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... winter comes is to be found in nearly all the countries visited by the full snipe , whose range will be noticed a little further on . Wherever in the United Kingdom there is a district frequented by the full snipe , there also will the ...
... winter comes is to be found in nearly all the countries visited by the full snipe , whose range will be noticed a little further on . Wherever in the United Kingdom there is a district frequented by the full snipe , there also will the ...
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