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... worms , grubs , small snails and so forth consti- tute his principal fare , he never neglects to consume a certain quantity of vegetable matter ; in hard weather he increases his proportion of vegetable diet to counter- balance the ...
... worms , grubs , small snails and so forth consti- tute his principal fare , he never neglects to consume a certain quantity of vegetable matter ; in hard weather he increases his proportion of vegetable diet to counter- balance the ...
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... worms tends to form rapid incrustation . When a snipe is feeding by the water , the bird carefully washes a worm before swallowing it ; but when feeding at any distance from water , he devours the worm as it is , taking it by the middle ...
... worms tends to form rapid incrustation . When a snipe is feeding by the water , the bird carefully washes a worm before swallowing it ; but when feeding at any distance from water , he devours the worm as it is , taking it by the middle ...
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... worms , which are his dietetic mainstay ; when feeding fugitively , after having for a time satisfied his enormous appetite , he will pick up almost anything belonging to the smaller animal creation . After worms , he is apparently more ...
... worms , which are his dietetic mainstay ; when feeding fugitively , after having for a time satisfied his enormous appetite , he will pick up almost anything belonging to the smaller animal creation . After worms , he is apparently more ...
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... worms in a day . Almost throughout Northern Europe and Asia , the full snipe breeds in enormous numbers . When the period of the autumn migration comes round the birds begin their southward journey , and in a short time spread ...
... worms in a day . Almost throughout Northern Europe and Asia , the full snipe breeds in enormous numbers . When the period of the autumn migration comes round the birds begin their southward journey , and in a short time spread ...
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... worms work up almost to the surface of the ground . In one habit the full snipe differs diametrically from any other bird whose ways it is possible to observe closely . While other birds invariably rest with their heads to the wind ...
... worms work up almost to the surface of the ground . In one habit the full snipe differs diametrically from any other bird whose ways it is possible to observe closely . While other birds invariably rest with their heads to the wind ...
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