The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... experience that , obvious as it seems to be , it is in fact generally disregarded by those persons who send live grouse about the country . I feel sure that its recognition would materially reduce the risks of travelling . 19 CHAPTER II ...
... experience that , obvious as it seems to be , it is in fact generally disregarded by those persons who send live grouse about the country . I feel sure that its recognition would materially reduce the risks of travelling . 19 CHAPTER II ...
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... experience , neither is it in keeping with what we know of the peregrine's character . The fact is , that a high - couraged bird like the falcon disdains to strike an unworthy quarry . She prefers a good chase . A Highland deer ...
... experience , neither is it in keeping with what we know of the peregrine's character . The fact is , that a high - couraged bird like the falcon disdains to strike an unworthy quarry . She prefers a good chase . A Highland deer ...
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... experience did I find the foot of a grouse chick in the nest of a merlin . I wish that the poor hen- harrier could be held equally blameless . To summarise my own experience of birds of prey , I venture to say that , so far as they act ...
... experience did I find the foot of a grouse chick in the nest of a merlin . I wish that the poor hen- harrier could be held equally blameless . To summarise my own experience of birds of prey , I venture to say that , so far as they act ...
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... experiences . It so fell out , he says , that upon a certain day he started soon after midnight for a favourite spot , distant about six miles from his cottage , and situated in the very heart of a ' smittle ' place for grouse . The ...
... experiences . It so fell out , he says , that upon a certain day he started soon after midnight for a favourite spot , distant about six miles from his cottage , and situated in the very heart of a ' smittle ' place for grouse . The ...
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... experience and the true instinct of the hunter than on anything that can be taught ; but the novice may at least be warned that he cannot rely upon the keeper and the dog , even when aided by good shooting , ex- clusively to make the ...
... experience and the true instinct of the hunter than on anything that can be taught ; but the novice may at least be warned that he cannot rely upon the keeper and the dog , even when aided by good shooting , ex- clusively to make the ...
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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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