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... seen you may take your gun and expect to find a ' cock or two in some favoured haunt . This , however , is not correct . The autumn fall of woodcock does not take place till from a fortnight to three weeks after the jack have 16 THE SNIPE.
... seen you may take your gun and expect to find a ' cock or two in some favoured haunt . This , however , is not correct . The autumn fall of woodcock does not take place till from a fortnight to three weeks after the jack have 16 THE SNIPE.
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... fall but a little way behind those of the robin . A full snipe has been known , when kept in confinement , to demolish double its own weight of worms in a day . Almost throughout Northern Europe and Asia , the full snipe breeds in ...
... fall but a little way behind those of the robin . A full snipe has been known , when kept in confinement , to demolish double its own weight of worms in a day . Almost throughout Northern Europe and Asia , the full snipe breeds in ...
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... fall to the ground , fixing the speed of the fall in our minds and estimating what treble this speed will be , viz . about PECULIARITIES OF THE SNIPE 47.
... fall to the ground , fixing the speed of the fall in our minds and estimating what treble this speed will be , viz . about PECULIARITIES OF THE SNIPE 47.
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... falls upon the outer feathers of the tail , whereas if the wings were extended laterally , as they are in ordinary flight , the spread tail would not receive more than about a quarter of the current . Thus we see how absolutely the ...
... falls upon the outer feathers of the tail , whereas if the wings were extended laterally , as they are in ordinary flight , the spread tail would not receive more than about a quarter of the current . Thus we see how absolutely the ...
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... fall to the British poacher's gun . Snipe ground is so often only preserved in such a more or less haphazard manner that the poacher has much to fear . In Ireland our poaching friend has frequently to all intents and purposes a free ...
... fall to the British poacher's gun . Snipe ground is so often only preserved in such a more or less haphazard manner that the poacher has much to fear . In Ireland our poaching friend has frequently to all intents and purposes a free ...
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