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... greater delicacy , he is the very much rarer bird ? — is the snipe really less delicious than the ' cock ? I doubt it : I think that if a dozen people who had never tasted either bird before were asked to decide the matter , two would ...
... greater delicacy , he is the very much rarer bird ? — is the snipe really less delicious than the ' cock ? I doubt it : I think that if a dozen people who had never tasted either bird before were asked to decide the matter , two would ...
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... greater part of the British Islands ; he is , as we have seen , considered greatly superior to every other bird from the point of view of the epicurean , a fact which gives him a special value all his own in the sportsman's eyes ; he is ...
... greater part of the British Islands ; he is , as we have seen , considered greatly superior to every other bird from the point of view of the epicurean , a fact which gives him a special value all his own in the sportsman's eyes ; he is ...
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... greater or less height suddenly swoops obliquely , and as long as the swoop lasts the sound of the drumming is given forth . This at length led to the supposition that the sound was created by the wings and not by the throat , a ...
... greater or less height suddenly swoops obliquely , and as long as the swoop lasts the sound of the drumming is given forth . This at length led to the supposition that the sound was created by the wings and not by the throat , a ...
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... by his swoop is heard . . . . The volume of sound of the drumming of a snipe is not , I fancy , greater in proportion to the wing surface than the buzzing of certain insects : increase the area of a blue - PECULIARITIES OF THE SNIPE 43.
... by his swoop is heard . . . . The volume of sound of the drumming of a snipe is not , I fancy , greater in proportion to the wing surface than the buzzing of certain insects : increase the area of a blue - PECULIARITIES OF THE SNIPE 43.
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... greater speed than something like 50 ft . per second . I have had no opportunity of observing a drumming snipe for nearly a year , but sitting in my chair and imagining that I see a bird in its descent , I find myself doubting whether ...
... greater speed than something like 50 ft . per second . I have had no opportunity of observing a drumming snipe for nearly a year , but sitting in my chair and imagining that I see a bird in its descent , I find myself doubting whether ...
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