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... greater when the insect passes swiftly by us than when it hangs almost motionless above a flower ; the passage of its body through the air has nothing to do with the production of the humming . From the opposite side ; rapid wing ...
... greater when the insect passes swiftly by us than when it hangs almost motionless above a flower ; the passage of its body through the air has nothing to do with the production of the humming . From the opposite side ; rapid wing ...
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... greater than would be the case if the pattern were open , the bird is less likely to be within the killing circle of the close pattern than within that of the open one . As the result of considerable experience in snipe shooting , I am ...
... greater than would be the case if the pattern were open , the bird is less likely to be within the killing circle of the close pattern than within that of the open one . As the result of considerable experience in snipe shooting , I am ...
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... greater shock of the No. 7 pellet might bring it down and the less shock of the No. 8 pellet fail to do so - and for game shooting the performance of shot at ranges exceeding forty yards is never worth consideration . No size 72 ...
... greater shock of the No. 7 pellet might bring it down and the less shock of the No. 8 pellet fail to do so - and for game shooting the performance of shot at ranges exceeding forty yards is never worth consideration . No size 72 ...
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... greater vitality — to use a common term , are ' tougher ' than others . Given , for instance , a wood - pigeon and a partridge of the same weight , the wood - pigeon needs more shot than the partridge . The wood - pigeon may be , and I ...
... greater vitality — to use a common term , are ' tougher ' than others . Given , for instance , a wood - pigeon and a partridge of the same weight , the wood - pigeon needs more shot than the partridge . The wood - pigeon may be , and I ...
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... greater proportion to the birds hit than are wounded birds among snipe . One has two shots at partridges ; the first bird is winged , the second bird flies 150 yards and then runs 200 yards further before it is picked up in a dying con ...
... greater proportion to the birds hit than are wounded birds among snipe . One has two shots at partridges ; the first bird is winged , the second bird flies 150 yards and then runs 200 yards further before it is picked up in a dying con ...
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