The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... , AND POACHING VI . THE FRINGE OF THE MOOR ' VII . RECORDS AND REMARKS PAGE 3 19 41 56 65 . 83 102 . 120 • 172 217 237 253 COOKERY OF THE GROUSE 267 BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. J. STUART - WORTLEY AND A. THORBURN.
... , AND POACHING VI . THE FRINGE OF THE MOOR ' VII . RECORDS AND REMARKS PAGE 3 19 41 56 65 . 83 102 . 120 • 172 217 237 253 COOKERY OF THE GROUSE 267 BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. J. STUART - WORTLEY AND A. THORBURN.
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... remark that , as the red grouse is systematically netted in large numbers in the north of England , it should be easy enough for any of our Continental neighbours to repeat the experiment just described on a larger scale . Any such ...
... remark that , as the red grouse is systematically netted in large numbers in the north of England , it should be easy enough for any of our Continental neighbours to repeat the experiment just described on a larger scale . Any such ...
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... remark even at home . Season after season witnesses to the faithfulness with which the curlew and its mate return to a long and desolate strip of broken moorland lying under the shadow of the C 2 THE MANNERS OF THE GROUSE.
... remark even at home . Season after season witnesses to the faithfulness with which the curlew and its mate return to a long and desolate strip of broken moorland lying under the shadow of the C 2 THE MANNERS OF THE GROUSE.
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... remark which was made in my presence some few years ago . A certain man was descanting rather loudly on the excellence of his shooting , when Sir Reginald Cathcart inquired whether the drives were good . The reply was somewhat ...
... remark which was made in my presence some few years ago . A certain man was descanting rather loudly on the excellence of his shooting , when Sir Reginald Cathcart inquired whether the drives were good . The reply was somewhat ...
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... remark . It is not as well known that the peregrine feeds also on small birds . Young ' red ' falcons are very destructive to young grouse , but they are not very discriminating , and live largely on thrushes and other small birds . I ...
... remark . It is not as well known that the peregrine feeds also on small birds . Young ' red ' falcons are very destructive to young grouse , but they are not very discriminating , and live largely on thrushes and other small birds . I ...
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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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