Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and ShootingLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1844 - 623 sider |
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... GODWITS . There are seven sorts of godwits , including the small redshank . In my previous editions , I said eight . The " red godwit " was spoken of as a delicious and scarce bird ; and I observed that I had killed several of them on ...
... GODWITS . There are seven sorts of godwits , including the small redshank . In my previous editions , I said eight . The " red godwit " was spoken of as a delicious and scarce bird ; and I observed that I had killed several of them on ...
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... godwits ! Some gray , as we find them in winter ; and others red , which our modern naturalists , in opposition to Bewick and other authors , pronounce to be the summer plumage of the same bird . But I should observe that the gray godwits ...
... godwits ! Some gray , as we find them in winter ; and others red , which our modern naturalists , in opposition to Bewick and other authors , pronounce to be the summer plumage of the same bird . But I should observe that the gray godwits ...
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... godwits , gray plover , and ox- birds , go into the salt - pans in Lymington marshes . Here , one dark night , a man ... god- wits , at one shot . During the night , he had three shots , and brought home 109 birds ! LANDRAIL , CORNCRAKE ...
... godwits , gray plover , and ox- birds , go into the salt - pans in Lymington marshes . Here , one dark night , a man ... god- wits , at one shot . During the night , he had three shots , and brought home 109 birds ! LANDRAIL , CORNCRAKE ...
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... godwits , & c . In November we had the most terrific hurricanes and the most awful floods in memory of the oldest inhabitant , insomuch that all gunning was for some time at an end , and we had enough to do in saving property from ...
... godwits , & c . In November we had the most terrific hurricanes and the most awful floods in memory of the oldest inhabitant , insomuch that all gunning was for some time at an end , and we had enough to do in saving property from ...
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... godwits , curlews , and even oxbirds , that the poor punters have got nothing to repay them for their outfit . In the second week of January there came an easterly wind , with a little frost , which brought down a few birds , and a ...
... godwits , curlews , and even oxbirds , that the poor punters have got nothing to repay them for their outfit . In the second week of January there came an easterly wind , with a little frost , which brought down a few birds , and a ...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting Peter Hawker Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1844 |
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