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Is the woodcock more worthy of kinghood than the snipe , or has he merely
gained his position because , while really he is a no greater delicacy , he is the
very much rarer bird ? is the snipe really less delicious than the ' cock ? I doubt it :
I ...
Is the woodcock more worthy of kinghood than the snipe , or has he merely
gained his position because , while really he is a no greater delicacy , he is the
very much rarer bird ? is the snipe really less delicious than the ' cock ? I doubt it :
I ...
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Hence the ' cock was a more or less common dish at the tables of the rich at that
far - back time , while the snipe was an uncommon one , and the ' cock became
the chief of familiar table birds . That position he has retained ever since ; and the
...
Hence the ' cock was a more or less common dish at the tables of the rich at that
far - back time , while the snipe was an uncommon one , and the ' cock became
the chief of familiar table birds . That position he has retained ever since ; and the
...
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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 oniy say in the ordinary way of speaking that the ...
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 oniy say in the ordinary way of speaking that the ...
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Of course a few ' cock are killed very early in the season . But there is no ground
whatever for assuming that these are other than home birds ; there is no
evidence that the migrant ' cock have begun to arrive till we find them on the
coast , and ...
Of course a few ' cock are killed very early in the season . But there is no ground
whatever for assuming that these are other than home birds ; there is no
evidence that the migrant ' cock have begun to arrive till we find them on the
coast , and ...
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all but indiscernible against the bird's natural background of dead and dying
leaves when viewed from a distance of but a very few feet , and it is in his daytime
lair alone that the ' cock needs the protection of colour . The one conspicuous
thing ...
all but indiscernible against the bird's natural background of dead and dying
leaves when viewed from a distance of but a very few feet , and it is in his daytime
lair alone that the ' cock needs the protection of colour . The one conspicuous
thing ...
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