The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... thing that suited the whim of the intruder . One day , when I was giving some maize to my friend , the keeper came up , and going on all fours , began throwing grass in the face of the bird . At once the grouse responded to the ...
... thing that suited the whim of the intruder . One day , when I was giving some maize to my friend , the keeper came up , and going on all fours , began throwing grass in the face of the bird . At once the grouse responded to the ...
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... thing quite new to him , possibly a demented grouse . Another day I fell in with my friend a mile from this spot , and having two dogs with me , it was as much as I could do to beat a hasty retreat into a thick wood , so anxious was he ...
... thing quite new to him , possibly a demented grouse . Another day I fell in with my friend a mile from this spot , and having two dogs with me , it was as much as I could do to beat a hasty retreat into a thick wood , so anxious was he ...
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... thing they could get in the way of food . A large farmer , whose land lies three miles still farther away from their usual haunts , states that immense flocks of grouse were feeding in his turnip fields . Gangs of men were being ...
... thing they could get in the way of food . A large farmer , whose land lies three miles still farther away from their usual haunts , states that immense flocks of grouse were feeding in his turnip fields . Gangs of men were being ...
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... their own to preserve are sometimes tempted to say hard things of those who have , because they kill out hawks and other high - spirited creatures . Neverthe- less , there is a mean to be attained in THE GROUSE AND ITS ENEMIES 43.
... their own to preserve are sometimes tempted to say hard things of those who have , because they kill out hawks and other high - spirited creatures . Neverthe- less , there is a mean to be attained in THE GROUSE AND ITS ENEMIES 43.
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... things . Landowners exercise good sense and decency if they tolerate a little ' vermin , ' both to gratify their own taste and to satisfy the requirements of an interested public . But if they allow their lands to swarm with ' vermin ...
... things . Landowners exercise good sense and decency if they tolerate a little ' vermin , ' both to gratify their own taste and to satisfy the requirements of an interested public . But if they allow their lands to swarm with ' vermin ...
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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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