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... wings , hangs hovering in the air , scanning the ground for his prey ; the heron and the kingfisher rest still as logs for an hour at a spell as they watch for their food to come near them . Such birds have peculiar and strikingly ...
... wings , hangs hovering in the air , scanning the ground for his prey ; the heron and the kingfisher rest still as logs for an hour at a spell as they watch for their food to come near them . Such birds have peculiar and strikingly ...
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... wings , and these , in some states , have the feathers edged with paler margins . There is a tint of rufous on the breast , but the lower part of the chin and belly are white . The tail and its coverts are similar in all states , a ...
... wings , and these , in some states , have the feathers edged with paler margins . There is a tint of rufous on the breast , but the lower part of the chin and belly are white . The tail and its coverts are similar in all states , a ...
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... wing than the full snipe . Its beak is also slightly shorter . The breeding grounds of the great snipe are Norway , Sweden , Denmark , Russia , Germany , and Holland . The birds reach us between mid - August and early November , and ...
... wing than the full snipe . Its beak is also slightly shorter . The breeding grounds of the great snipe are Norway , Sweden , Denmark , Russia , Germany , and Holland . The birds reach us between mid - August and early November , and ...
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... wing , the jack snipe's flight is but one degree removed from sluggish . The jack seems to have no fear , and never to be in a hurry . Rising without a sound - the bird is always mute during its sojourn here a jack flits leisurely away ...
... wing , the jack snipe's flight is but one degree removed from sluggish . The jack seems to have no fear , and never to be in a hurry . Rising without a sound - the bird is always mute during its sojourn here a jack flits leisurely away ...
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... wing , he was held to the earth by the bill . at close quarters , one comes suddenly on to a snipe which chances to have its bill deep in the soil at the time , this always happens , for the bird never pauses to draw its bill before ...
... wing , he was held to the earth by the bill . at close quarters , one comes suddenly on to a snipe which chances to have its bill deep in the soil at the time , this always happens , for the bird never pauses to draw its bill before ...
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