The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... observation by the same con- venient boulders of rock . Indeed , I could tell you where to find the nest of the greenshank and many another rare bird , knowing from long intimacy with their haunts precisely the positions that these ...
... observation by the same con- venient boulders of rock . Indeed , I could tell you where to find the nest of the greenshank and many another rare bird , knowing from long intimacy with their haunts precisely the positions that these ...
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... observed a 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.
... observed a 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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... 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 overhead and pass right down the valley over the ...
... 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 overhead and pass right down the valley over the ...
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... He was so busily engaged in dissecting a fresh - killed skylark that he never observed my stealthy approach to his stronghold . It has often been said E that the peregrine picks off the weakliest bird of a THE GROUSE AND ITS ENEMIES 49.
... He was so busily engaged in dissecting a fresh - killed skylark that he never observed my stealthy approach to his stronghold . It has often been said E that the peregrine picks off the weakliest bird of a THE GROUSE AND ITS ENEMIES 49.
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... observed to be carrying his short coat over his arm with more than usual carefulness . On inquiry being made , it turned out that this rascal had allowed his cur - dog to snap a whole covey of little grouse . willingly joined in the ...
... observed to be carrying his short coat over his arm with more than usual carefulness . On inquiry being made , it turned out that this rascal had allowed his cur - dog to snap a whole covey of little grouse . willingly joined in the ...
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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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