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... frost one never shoots a jack which shows signs of having suffered from privation . Such is instinct we cannot well doubt that if the instinct of the full snipe prompted it during a lengthy frost to eat what the jack cats , the system ...
... frost one never shoots a jack which shows signs of having suffered from privation . Such is instinct we cannot well doubt that if the instinct of the full snipe prompted it during a lengthy frost to eat what the jack cats , the system ...
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... normal conditions , they find enough worms in the peat ; when ravenous after a frost they flock to the meadow , but again ignore it when once more fat . resuming his meal . The bird devotes a large share 22 THE SNIPE.
... normal conditions , they find enough worms in the peat ; when ravenous after a frost they flock to the meadow , but again ignore it when once more fat . resuming his meal . The bird devotes a large share 22 THE SNIPE.
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... frost than at any other time . Gilbert White has a quaint theory whereby to account for this supposed fact , attributing it to the restraining of the bird's perspiration by the de- crease in temperature . But as it happens , instead of ...
... frost than at any other time . Gilbert White has a quaint theory whereby to account for this supposed fact , attributing it to the restraining of the bird's perspiration by the de- crease in temperature . But as it happens , instead of ...
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... frost , snipe leave their more open feeding grounds and seek the margin of any 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 ...
... frost , snipe leave their more open feeding grounds and seek the margin of any 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 ...
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... frost , they are as fat as ever a week afterwards . They feed voraciously to make up for lost time , and find a limitless food supply , for after a frost the worms work up almost to the surface of the ground . In one habit the full ...
... frost , they are as fat as ever a week afterwards . They feed voraciously to make up for lost time , and find a limitless food supply , for after a frost the worms work up almost to the surface of the ground . In one habit the full ...
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