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... coast during the winter , returning to its breeding haunts in the extreme north with the advent of spring . The bird feeds almost entirely by the sea shore . Brown snipe keep in large wisps , and fly in close formation like the stint ...
... coast during the winter , returning to its breeding haunts in the extreme north with the advent of spring . The bird feeds almost entirely by the sea shore . Brown snipe keep in large wisps , and fly in close formation like the stint ...
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... coast , and they have never yet appeared on the coast earlier than the first week in October . When ' cock come in as early as the first week in October , it is always during a season in which jack snipe have already spread themselves ...
... coast , and they have never yet appeared on the coast earlier than the first week in October . When ' cock come in as early as the first week in October , it is always during a season in which jack snipe have already spread themselves ...
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... coast for a continuous period of three hours , all the birds taking the same line and the majority of them flying singly . When they were in parties , these parties seldom numbered more than half a dozen head . Sometimes as many as ten ...
... coast for a continuous period of three hours , all the birds taking the same line and the majority of them flying singly . When they were in parties , these parties seldom numbered more than half a dozen head . Sometimes as many as ten ...
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... water not yet affected . When the springs and streams freeze and remain frozen for a day or two the majority of the birds leave the country . Some make their way to the coast , where they remain and THE FULL SNIPE AND HIS COUSINS 29.
... water not yet affected . When the springs and streams freeze and remain frozen for a day or two the majority of the birds leave the country . Some make their way to the coast , where they remain and THE FULL SNIPE AND HIS COUSINS 29.
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L. H. De Visme Shaw. their way to the coast , where they remain and feed for a while in company with the small waders ; others hang on and on to their inland haunts , picking up a terribly scanty living and becoming little better than ...
L. H. De Visme Shaw. their way to the coast , where they remain and feed for a while in company with the small waders ; others hang on and on to their inland haunts , picking up a terribly scanty living and becoming little better than ...
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