The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... PARTRIDGE . NATURAL HISTORY - By the Rev. H. A. MACPHERSON.- -SHOOTING — By A. J. STUART- WORTLEY . -COOKERY - By GEORGE SAINTSBURY . With Illustrations by A. THORBURN , A. J. STUART - WORTLEY , and C. WHYMPER . Crown 8vo . 5s . THE ...
... PARTRIDGE . NATURAL HISTORY - By the Rev. H. A. MACPHERSON.- -SHOOTING — By A. J. STUART- WORTLEY . -COOKERY - By GEORGE SAINTSBURY . With Illustrations by A. THORBURN , A. J. STUART - WORTLEY , and C. WHYMPER . Crown 8vo . 5s . THE ...
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... partridges , to scratch down . for food . The grouse were perched on the fences , feeding on the berries like so many fieldfares , and on several occasions they alighted amongst the branches of trees . They were feeding in the hedgerows ...
... partridges , to scratch down . for food . The grouse were perched on the fences , feeding on the berries like so many fieldfares , and on several occasions they alighted amongst the branches of trees . They were feeding in the hedgerows ...
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... partridges . In some parts of Scotland , grouse found an inveterate foe in the beautiful , high - circling glede or red kite . The term ' glede , ' by the way , is often applied to the buzzard and hen - harrier . But let that pass . The ...
... partridges . In some parts of Scotland , grouse found an inveterate foe in the beautiful , high - circling glede or red kite . The term ' glede , ' by the way , is often applied to the buzzard and hen - harrier . But let that pass . The ...
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... partridges . The peregrine falcon kills a good many grouse on some inland moors , but a long study of its habits has convinced me that it feeds on many other birds in a larger degree . I believe it prefers puffins and other sea fowl to ...
... partridges . The peregrine falcon kills a good many grouse on some inland moors , but a long study of its habits has convinced me that it feeds on many other birds in a larger degree . I believe it prefers puffins and other sea fowl to ...
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... partridge Mr. Howard Saunders has devoted the following re- marks to an accredited hybrid : ' Hybrids between the partridge and any other species are uncommon , but Mr. F. Bond has a bird shot on Blubber - house Moor , near Harrogate ...
... partridge Mr. Howard Saunders has devoted the following re- marks to an accredited hybrid : ' Hybrids between the partridge and any other species are uncommon , but Mr. F. Bond has a bird shot on Blubber - house Moor , near Harrogate ...
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The Grouse: Natural History, by H. A. Macpherson Hugh Alexander Macpherson Visualização integral - 1894 |
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