The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 27
Página 34
... lower ground . I have gradually been led to the opinion that the custom of driving the moors has altered the habits of grouse enormously , and led to their becoming far more gregarious than they used to be . The men- tion of grouse ...
... lower ground . I have gradually been led to the opinion that the custom of driving the moors has altered the habits of grouse enormously , and led to their becoming far more gregarious than they used to be . The men- tion of grouse ...
Página 38
... lower cultivated land to an extent never previously observed . The nearest point of moor to Masham is three miles distant , but the open moors are considerably farther away . Walking near this ground , great packs of grouse would sweep ...
... lower cultivated land to an extent never previously observed . The nearest point of moor to Masham is three miles distant , but the open moors are considerably farther away . Walking near this ground , great packs of grouse would sweep ...
Página 56
... lower parts are yellowish grey barred with pale reddish yellow . From this condition the birds pass gradually into the chief stages of adult plumage , which have been very cleverly worked out by Mr. J. G. Millais , who possesses a large ...
... lower parts are yellowish grey barred with pale reddish yellow . From this condition the birds pass gradually into the chief stages of adult plumage , which have been very cleverly worked out by Mr. J. G. Millais , who possesses a large ...
Página 59
... lower parts beautifully frosted with . white in winter . Sometimes white feathers appear among those of the back . Not rarely do white feathers crop , out on the throat and breast . Birds which have the flight feathers of the wings ...
... lower parts beautifully frosted with . white in winter . Sometimes white feathers appear among those of the back . Not rarely do white feathers crop , out on the throat and breast . Birds which have the flight feathers of the wings ...
Página 62
... lower parts the feathers were black , tipped with white , those of the sides being banded with red . The only hybrid be- tween the red grouse and black - game that has hitherto been obtained in England is a fine male preserved 1 British ...
... lower parts the feathers were black , tipped with white , those of the sides being banded with red . The only hybrid be- tween the red grouse and black - game that has hitherto been obtained in England is a fine male preserved 1 British ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
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
Passagens conhecidas
Página 12 - Roget. — THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES. Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and assist in Literary Composition.
Página 19 - Cr. 8vo. , y, 6d. STRANGE DWELLINGS : a Description of the Habitations of Animals, abridged from 'Homes without Hands'.
Página 20 - TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE AND LIBRARY OF REFERENCE. Comprising an English Dictionary and Grammar, Universal Gazetteer, Classical Dictionary, Chronology, Law Dictionary, &c.
Página 19 - INSECTS AT HOME : a Popular Account of British Insects, their Structure, Habits and Transformations. With 700 Illustrations.
Página 23 - THE FAIR HAVEN. A Work in Defence of the Miraculous Element in our Lord's Ministry. Cr. 8vo.
Página 20 - THE HOUSE OF WALDERNE. A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons
Página 24 - Rossetti. - A SHADOW OF DANTE : being an Essay towards studying Himself, his World and his Pilgrimage.
Página 2 - CINQUE PORTS. By MONTAGU BURROWS. COLCHESTER. By Rev. EL CUTTS. EXETER. By EA FREEMAN. LONDON.
Página 11 - An Outline of the Necessary Laws of Thought : a Treatise on Pure and Applied Logic.
Página 18 - THE SEA AND ITS LIVING WONDERS. With 12 Plates and 303 Woodcuts. 8vo., 7s. net.