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... four ; at other times we may find all the birds in the district gathered into large wisps , when they usually bid defiance to all efforts on the part of the gunner , being quite un- approachable . Sometimes looking as though it were due ...
... four ; at other times we may find all the birds in the district gathered into large wisps , when they usually bid defiance to all efforts on the part of the gunner , being quite un- approachable . Sometimes looking as though it were due ...
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... four minutes after , though the interval may be anything between a minute and an hour - the first dive , another dive is taken , and so on . The drumming snipe , ' quoting myself again , ' seems never to tire . Backwards and forwards ...
... four minutes after , though the interval may be anything between a minute and an hour - the first dive , another dive is taken , and so on . The drumming snipe , ' quoting myself again , ' seems never to tire . Backwards and forwards ...
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... four theories I have set forth is that the snipe's drumming may be produced by con- tact of the tips of the wing feathers with the outer feathers of the tail . ' There is much more in this idea than might be supposed at first glance ...
... four theories I have set forth is that the snipe's drumming may be produced by con- tact of the tips of the wing feathers with the outer feathers of the tail . ' There is much more in this idea than might be supposed at first glance ...
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... four out of the remaining five can make themselves good snipe shots ; the twentieth only can become a brilliant snipe shot - not because he has more shooting or trains his faculties more assiduously than the others , but simply because ...
... four out of the remaining five can make themselves good snipe shots ; the twentieth only can become a brilliant snipe shot - not because he has more shooting or trains his faculties more assiduously than the others , but simply because ...
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... four hours and be quite unapproachable the rest of the day . In snipe shooting one cannot be too early at work after it is light enough to sight a bird . Be- fore the first two hours of daylight are over , very frequently indeed before ...
... four hours and be quite unapproachable the rest of the day . In snipe shooting one cannot be too early at work after it is light enough to sight a bird . Be- fore the first two hours of daylight are over , very frequently indeed before ...
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