The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... , therefore , speak of , with certainty , local results ; but I am assured that the introduction of Yorkshire grouse into Rum has greatly increased the bags obtained on that magnificent island . Messrs . IN PRAISE OF THE GROUSE 7.
... , therefore , speak of , with certainty , local results ; but I am assured that the introduction of Yorkshire grouse into Rum has greatly increased the bags obtained on that magnificent island . Messrs . IN PRAISE OF THE GROUSE 7.
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... result in material benefit to the Northern Isles . Upon the Scottish mainland the grouse enjoys a general distribution , ranging freely over elevated moorlands as well as those situated in low - lying districts . A wonderful region of ...
... result in material benefit to the Northern Isles . Upon the Scottish mainland the grouse enjoys a general distribution , ranging freely over elevated moorlands as well as those situated in low - lying districts . A wonderful region of ...
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... results have been obtained at Sandringham . ' Some fourteen years ago , ' writes Mr. Jackson , the head keeper , ' thirty brace were turned down , and the following year another thirty brace . The experi- ment was not made with a view ...
... results have been obtained at Sandringham . ' Some fourteen years ago , ' writes Mr. Jackson , the head keeper , ' thirty brace were turned down , and the following year another thirty brace . The experi- ment was not made with a view ...
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... result of habit and training on birds , it was found that the young ones circled round much about the place where the wire netting had stood . ' Time went on , and they soon settled into the habits of their pheasant companions . Some ...
... result of habit and training on birds , it was found that the young ones circled round much about the place where the wire netting had stood . ' Time went on , and they soon settled into the habits of their pheasant companions . Some ...
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... impartial and truth - loving investigator . He studied the habits of the kite to good purpose in a remote part of Perthshire . The result of his researches proved that the kites under observa- tion fed THE GROUSE AND ITS ENEMIES 47.
... impartial and truth - loving investigator . He studied the habits of the kite to good purpose in a remote part of Perthshire . The result of his researches proved that the kites under observa- tion fed THE GROUSE AND ITS ENEMIES 47.
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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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