The GrouseAshford, 1894 - 293 páginas |
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... appear to me unpromising , as I could offer the birds on my sporting domain freedom from disturbance , plenty of water , heather , and various berry - bearing plants , and patches of buckwheat , to all of which these birds are said to ...
... appear to me unpromising , as I could offer the birds on my sporting domain freedom from disturbance , plenty of water , heather , and various berry - bearing plants , and patches of buckwheat , to all of which these birds are said to ...
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... appears to darken as it thoroughly dries , and sometimes almost approaches black . When fresh laid the colour is not very fast , and before the eggs are hatched the beauty of the original colouring is generally very much lessened by ...
... appears to darken as it thoroughly dries , and sometimes almost approaches black . When fresh laid the colour is not very fast , and before the eggs are hatched the beauty of the original colouring is generally very much lessened by ...
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... appear to be authenticated . The late Mr. Osborne , for example , kept a number of grouse in confinement for several years , and on one occasion a pair bred and hatched out five healthy chicks . Their owner used to walk many miles from ...
... appear to be authenticated . The late Mr. Osborne , for example , kept a number of grouse in confinement for several years , and on one occasion a pair bred and hatched out five healthy chicks . Their owner used to walk many miles from ...
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... 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 family began 30 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GROUSE.
... 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 family began 30 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GROUSE.
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... appear- ance , seeming to enjoy the fact that he was an obstructionist , and refusing to clear off unless forcibly removed and shut up in his pen . If taken to the other end of the grounds he would almost imme- diately return to the ...
... appear- ance , seeming to enjoy the fact that he was an obstructionist , and refusing to clear off unless forcibly removed and shut up in his pen . If taken to the other end of the grounds he would almost imme- diately return to the ...
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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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