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... consider it neces- sary to seek such a genial wintering place as the British Islands . The food supply of the jack , as we shall see later , is not affected by the weather to the same extent as the full snipe's . During the mild and ...
... consider it neces- sary to seek such a genial wintering place as the British Islands . The food supply of the jack , as we shall see later , is not affected by the weather to the same extent as the full snipe's . During the mild and ...
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... consider 30 ft . to be the limit length of a dive . Now let us take the first handy object - it matters not whether it is a pound weight or a pen - wiper - and hold it at arm's length , and then let it fall to the ground , fixing the ...
... consider 30 ft . to be the limit length of a dive . Now let us take the first handy object - it matters not whether it is a pound weight or a pen - wiper - and hold it at arm's length , and then let it fall to the ground , fixing the ...
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... thrown upon the tail by the play of the wings . ' The argument in favour of this theory is that we find no sound resembling the snipe's drumming produced by the wings of other birds , and that this being so , and considering 50 THE SNIPE.
... thrown upon the tail by the play of the wings . ' The argument in favour of this theory is that we find no sound resembling the snipe's drumming produced by the wings of other birds , and that this being so , and considering 50 THE SNIPE.
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L. H. De Visme Shaw. birds , and that this being so , and considering that while every imaginable angle of ( a ) the frame of the wing relatively to the body , and of ( b ) the striking of the air with the tips of the wing feathers ...
L. H. De Visme Shaw. birds , and that this being so , and considering that while every imaginable angle of ( a ) the frame of the wing relatively to the body , and of ( b ) the striking of the air with the tips of the wing feathers ...
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... consider it quite conclusive evidence that the sound is produced by such contact . Whatever the exact means whereby the drumming is created , it may be taken as quite certain that the wings are the prime 1 A swooping bird other than a ...
... consider it quite conclusive evidence that the sound is produced by such contact . Whatever the exact means whereby the drumming is created , it may be taken as quite certain that the wings are the prime 1 A swooping bird other than a ...
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