The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... carried to the larder , and will proceed to discuss it gas- tronomically . The origin of the animals will be traced , their birth and breeding described , every known method of circumventing and killing them — not omitting the methods ...
... carried to the larder , and will proceed to discuss it gas- tronomically . The origin of the animals will be traced , their birth and breeding described , every known method of circumventing and killing them — not omitting the methods ...
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... carried them to Dr. Scott , of Melmby . In 1882 , Mr. John Harrison of Windhouse , in Yell , procured upwards of forty grouse from Scotland for the purpose of turning down ; but , unhappily , almost all the consignment perished on the ...
... carried them to Dr. Scott , of Melmby . In 1882 , Mr. John Harrison of Windhouse , in Yell , procured upwards of forty grouse from Scotland for the purpose of turning down ; but , unhappily , almost all the consignment perished on the ...
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... carried out on a small scale ; because introduced grouse would have , in the first instance , to fight stoutly for existence . On the other hand , a well - considered scheme , accompanied by remedial measures for the protection of ...
... carried out on a small scale ; because introduced grouse would have , in the first instance , to fight stoutly for existence . On the other hand , a well - considered scheme , accompanied by remedial measures for the protection of ...
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... carried out on a small scale , are full of encouragement . Mr. J. H. Gurney tells me that Mr. J. Hardcastle turned some grouse out on Holt Heath nearly twenty years ago , but that they have long since vanished . Better results have been ...
... carried out on a small scale , are full of encouragement . Mr. J. H. Gurney tells me that Mr. J. Hardcastle turned some grouse out on Holt Heath nearly twenty years ago , but that they have long since vanished . Better results have been ...
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... carried by water to their destination without incurring much risk . But very few sportsmen would allow eggs to be lifted on their moors , and any traf- ficking in the eggs of game birds gives an unfortunate stimulus to poaching ...
... carried by water to their destination without incurring much risk . But very few sportsmen would allow eggs to be lifted on their moors , and any traf- ficking in the eggs of game birds gives an unfortunate stimulus to poaching ...
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The Grouse: Natural History, by H. A. Macpherson Hugh Alexander Macpherson Visualização integral - 1894 |
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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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