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... common to both of them , viz . their uncertainty , or erratic ways , uncer- tainty such as we never see displayed by the rest of the birds with which we are acquainted . The carrying of the young by the woodcock and the drumming of the ...
... common to both of them , viz . their uncertainty , or erratic ways , uncer- tainty such as we never see displayed by the rest of the birds with which we are acquainted . The carrying of the young by the woodcock and the drumming of the ...
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... 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 diner of to - day holding ...
... 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 diner of to - day holding ...
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... common one . Woodcock shooting proper is only within reach of the favoured few , favoured by wealth or locality ; snipe shooting is engaged in by the many , for wherever there is low , wet land , there may the snipe be found . Where ...
... common one . Woodcock shooting proper is only within reach of the favoured few , favoured by wealth or locality ; snipe shooting is engaged in by the many , for wherever there is low , wet land , there may the snipe be found . Where ...
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... common snipe , the whole snipe or the heather - bleater ( Scolopax gallinago ) , and the Jack snipe , the half snipe , or the Judcock ( Scolopax gallinula ) ; there is one snipe which is comparatively a rare bird , viz . the great snipe ...
... common snipe , the whole snipe or the heather - bleater ( Scolopax gallinago ) , and the Jack snipe , the half snipe , or the Judcock ( Scolopax gallinula ) ; there is one snipe which is comparatively a rare bird , viz . the great snipe ...
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... 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 . It lies close , and when flushed makes no cry , flies steadily ...
... 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 . It lies close , and when flushed makes no cry , flies steadily ...
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