The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... early modified into the singular grows . Professor Newton has shown that this title was first applied to the blackcock , notably in an ordinance for the household of Henry VIII . , dated from Eltham in the year 1531. Similarly ...
... early modified into the singular grows . Professor Newton has shown that this title was first applied to the blackcock , notably in an ordinance for the household of Henry VIII . , dated from Eltham in the year 1531. Similarly ...
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... early dew , to listen silently , and drink in at leisure , all unnoticed , the cries of the wild population that hold their own among the pathless hills , this for the naturalist is a feast of intellect . Now it is an old male ...
... early dew , to listen silently , and drink in at leisure , all unnoticed , the cries of the wild population that hold their own among the pathless hills , this for the naturalist is a feast of intellect . Now it is an old male ...
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... early that the young are hatched long before the tourist season . The grouse is an early breeding bird in the north of England , and often begins to lay eggs during the month of March if the season happens to be warm and genial . In the ...
... early that the young are hatched long before the tourist season . The grouse is an early breeding bird in the north of England , and often begins to lay eggs during the month of March if the season happens to be warm and genial . In the ...
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... north of England pack , as a general rule , early in the season , and the sexes usually separate . Every 1 Field , September 19 , 1893 . sportsman knows that the old cock birds often lie out THE MANNERS OF THE GROUSE 33.
... north of England pack , as a general rule , early in the season , and the sexes usually separate . Every 1 Field , September 19 , 1893 . sportsman knows that the old cock birds often lie out THE MANNERS OF THE GROUSE 33.
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... pair of grouse in a turnip field on his farm near Oswaldkirk , Yorks , early in February . The birds had strayed at least ten miles from the nearest grouse moor . Severe weather often affects THE MANNERS OF THE GROUSE 37.
... pair of grouse in a turnip field on his farm near Oswaldkirk , Yorks , early in February . The birds had strayed at least ten miles from the nearest grouse moor . Severe weather often affects THE MANNERS OF THE GROUSE 37.
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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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