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... bird . Of an immense group of familiar birds , a group , made up of various distinct families , we can say that they have a fixed residence throughout the year ; or , in the case of migratory birds , throughout that portion of the year ...
... bird . Of an immense group of familiar birds , a group , made up of various distinct families , we can say that they have a fixed residence throughout the year ; or , in the case of migratory birds , throughout that portion of the year ...
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... birds of equal interest to the student of animate nature ; other things being equal , or just about equal , we can , from the naturalist's point of view , credit neither bird with that which would give it precedence before the other ...
... birds of equal interest to the student of animate nature ; other things being equal , or just about equal , we can , from the naturalist's point of view , credit neither bird with that which would give it precedence before the other ...
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... bird ? — is the snipe really less delicious than the ' cock ? I doubt it : I think that if a dozen people who had never tasted either bird before were asked to decide the matter , two would vote for the ' cock as the better bird , two ...
... bird ? — is the snipe really less delicious than the ' cock ? I doubt it : I think that if a dozen people who had never tasted either bird before were asked to decide the matter , two would vote for the ' cock as the better bird , two ...
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... birds . That position he has retained ever since ; and the diner of to - day holding the woodcock to be ' the very best bird that ever did fly , ' we must grant the ' cock precedence before the snipe in gastronomic respect . And from ...
... birds . That position he has retained ever since ; and the diner of to - day holding the woodcock to be ' the very best bird that ever did fly , ' we must grant the ' cock precedence before the snipe in gastronomic respect . And from ...
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... bird . Is it right , however , that the ' cock should be given precedence here ? To every one woodcock killed in the British Islands , how many snipe are killed ? Whatever the proportion may be , we can only say in the ordinary way of ...
... bird . Is it right , however , that the ' cock should be given precedence here ? To every one woodcock killed in the British Islands , how many snipe are killed ? Whatever the proportion may be , we can only say in the ordinary way of ...
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