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... migrating line is eastward of our shores . The great snipe flies slowly and heavily , and without twisting ; the flights it makes are short , like those of the jack — indeed , its habits much more closely resemble those of the jack than ...
... migrating line is eastward of our shores . The great snipe flies slowly and heavily , and without twisting ; the flights it makes are short , like those of the jack — indeed , its habits much more closely resemble those of the jack than ...
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... migration begins ; when a jack is killed early in August there is no ground for assuming that the bird passed the summer here . The jack snipe breeds throughout Northern Europe , and when the winter comes is to be found in nearly all ...
... migration begins ; when a jack is killed early in August there is no ground for assuming that the bird passed the summer here . The jack snipe breeds throughout Northern Europe , and when the winter comes is to be found in nearly all ...
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... migrations . It is simply that the bird is dull and heavy by day and has but little instinctive fear of man , and also pays but little heed to the sound of a gun or the whistling of shot . The close - lying habit of the jack has gained ...
... migrations . It is simply that the bird is dull and heavy by day and has but little instinctive fear of man , and also pays but little heed to the sound of a gun or the whistling of shot . The close - lying habit of the jack has gained ...
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... migrants from the north begin to reach us in small numbers during the second week of October . The migration is at its height a week or a fortnight later , and ends about the first of December . These dates are to be taken as average ...
... migrants from the north begin to reach us in small numbers during the second week of October . The migration is at its height a week or a fortnight later , and ends about the first of December . These dates are to be taken as average ...
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... migrants from different parts of the world ; one lot , for instance , may have come from Hol- land , another lot from Sweden . : Perhaps the finest batch ever obtained was that of Colonel Peyton , who , on January 8 , 1879 , killed ...
... migrants from different parts of the world ; one lot , for instance , may have come from Hol- land , another lot from Sweden . : Perhaps the finest batch ever obtained was that of Colonel Peyton , who , on January 8 , 1879 , killed ...
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