The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... seen the nests of two seasons placed side by side on a slope of green turf , screened from 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 ...
... seen the nests of two seasons placed side by side on a slope of green turf , screened from 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 ...
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... seen incubated , nor have I ever seen more than a dozen eggs in one nest . Indeed , to find more than ten eggs in a nest is quite an excep- tional event , although probably most sportsmen have at one time or another come across large ...
... seen incubated , nor have I ever seen more than a dozen eggs in one nest . Indeed , to find more than ten eggs in a nest is quite an excep- tional event , although probably most sportsmen have at one time or another come across large ...
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... seen ready to dispute his ground with anyone passing near it . Usually he challenged with a call , and then , if approached , he was ready either for a fight or to be fed , or both - any- thing that suited the whim of the intruder . One ...
... seen ready to dispute his ground with anyone passing near it . Usually he challenged with a call , and then , if approached , he was ready either for a fight or to be fed , or both - any- thing that suited the whim of the intruder . One ...
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... seen in the daytime flying from branch to branch , appearing to be perfectly at home . ' Mr. Millais adds that this grouse had a par- ticular affection for the lawn - tennis court , and when- ever any of the members of my friend's ...
... seen in the daytime flying from branch to branch , appearing to be perfectly at home . ' Mr. Millais adds that this grouse had a par- ticular affection for the lawn - tennis court , and when- ever any of the members of my friend's ...
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... of opinion that grouse were incapable of flying four miles ; but I have twice seen grouse on the wing when they were crossing the " Bring , " a wide channel which separates the islands of Hoy and Pomona , 36 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GROUSE.
... of opinion that grouse were incapable of flying four miles ; but I have twice seen grouse on the wing when they were crossing the " Bring , " a wide channel which separates the islands of Hoy and Pomona , 36 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GROUSE.
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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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