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SNIPE SHOOTING III . 78 HAUNTS AND HABITS 97 NATURAL HISTORY OF
THE WOODCOCK By L. H. DE VISME SHAW I. THE WOODCOCK AND HIS
WAYS II . The ' COCK AS MIGRANT AND NURSE 125 III . 156 THE
WOODCOCK'S BILL ...
SNIPE SHOOTING III . 78 HAUNTS AND HABITS 97 NATURAL HISTORY OF
THE WOODCOCK By L. H. DE VISME SHAW I. THE WOODCOCK AND HIS
WAYS II . The ' COCK AS MIGRANT AND NURSE 125 III . 156 THE
WOODCOCK'S BILL ...
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The nightingale sings when other singing birds are asleep ; the cuckoo lays her
egg on the ground , and then , taking it in her bill , places it in the nest of some
small bird , a nest which the young cuckoo when hatched quickly makes his own
by ...
The nightingale sings when other singing birds are asleep ; the cuckoo lays her
egg on the ground , and then , taking it in her bill , places it in the nest of some
small bird , a nest which the young cuckoo when hatched quickly makes his own
by ...
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Both birds are equal from the ornithologist's point of view ; and as the point of
view of the epicurean is altogether less worthy than that of the sportsman , we will
give precedence to the smaller long - bill and discuss him 8 THE SNIPE.
Both birds are equal from the ornithologist's point of view ; and as the point of
view of the epicurean is altogether less worthy than that of the sportsman , we will
give precedence to the smaller long - bill and discuss him 8 THE SNIPE.
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precedence to the smaller long - bill and discuss him forthwith . There are two
snipe abundant throughout the British Islands , viz , the full snipe , the common
snipe , the whole snipe or the heather - bleater ( Scolopax gallinago ) , and the
Jack ...
precedence to the smaller long - bill and discuss him forthwith . There are two
snipe abundant throughout the British Islands , viz , the full snipe , the common
snipe , the whole snipe or the heather - bleater ( Scolopax gallinago ) , and the
Jack ...
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The Solitary Snipe I have at different times shot here is much larger than the
Common Snipe ; bill shorter ; plumage nearly alike , with the exception of the
belly , which in the Common is white , but in the Solitary is speckled with gray and
brown ...
The Solitary Snipe I have at different times shot here is much larger than the
Common Snipe ; bill shorter ; plumage nearly alike , with the exception of the
belly , which in the Common is white , but in the Solitary is speckled with gray and
brown ...
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