The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... appears to have latterly dropped out of use , but which was formerly much in vogue both south and north of the Border . Professor Newton assures me that he has no clue to the etymology of this term , though he thinks it may have some ...
... appears to have latterly dropped out of use , but which was formerly much in vogue both south and north of the Border . Professor Newton assures me that he has no clue to the etymology of this term , though he thinks it may have some ...
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... the moor - fowl as food for their young . Of late years , several efforts have been made to naturalise grouse in Shetland ; but I the experiments appear to have been conducted care- lessly , 8 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GROUSE.
... the moor - fowl as food for their young . Of late years , several efforts have been made to naturalise grouse in Shetland ; but I the experiments appear to have been conducted care- lessly , 8 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GROUSE.
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Hugh Alexander Macpherson. the experiments appear to have been conducted care- lessly , and have , so far , proved useless . It was about the year 1870 that Mr. D. D. Black , of Kergord , endeavoured to establish grouse at the head of ...
Hugh Alexander Macpherson. the experiments appear to have been conducted care- lessly , and have , so far , proved useless . It was about the year 1870 that Mr. D. D. Black , of Kergord , endeavoured to establish grouse at the head of ...
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... appears suddenly upon the scene , as he speeds through the top of a cluster of Scotch firs , having been rudely ... appear circling over- head , wheeling round and round at a vast height from the earth . If we lingered a few minutes ...
... appears suddenly upon the scene , as he speeds through the top of a cluster of Scotch firs , having been rudely ... appear circling over- head , wheeling round and round at a vast height from the earth . If we lingered a few minutes ...
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... appears to exist in most suitable places in the Principality . It would be a mistake , however , to suppose that the grouse cannot thrive at a distance from the great lonely moorlands which constitute its natural home . I believe that ...
... appears to exist in most suitable places in the Principality . It would be a mistake , however , to suppose that the grouse cannot thrive at a distance from the great lonely moorlands which constitute its natural home . I believe that ...
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The Grouse: Natural History, by H. A. Macpherson Hugh Alexander Macpherson Visualização integral - 1894 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
ANDREW LANG beat becking better black grouse black-game blackcock blue hares brace breeding season burn CO.'S STANDARD covey Crown 8vo eagle Edition eggs English especially favour feed female field voles firing flank flight front GEORGE SAINTSBURY glen goback grey grouse driving grouse moor gull guns heather high ground hill hooded crows Illustrations keen keep killed knoll line of butts LONGMANS & CO.'S Lord miles Millais moorland Moy Hall neighbours never Newman's Cardinal old birds old cock pack partridges peregrine plumage poacher poaching probably ptarmigan red grouse result ridge rise rock sand grouse Scotch keeper Scotch moors Scotland seen sheltered shooter shooting over dogs shot side snow sport sportsman spot stone straight things tion turn vermin vols wild willow grouse wind yards Yorkshire young birds
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