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... widgeon will not drop to the call of the decoy - ducks . Sometimes I have known them kill a bird called le rouge , ' which is con- sidered in France the best eating of all the wild- fowl it is generally very fat when in good con- dition ...
... widgeon will not drop to the call of the decoy - ducks . Sometimes I have known them kill a bird called le rouge , ' which is con- sidered in France the best eating of all the wild- fowl it is generally very fat when in good con- dition ...
Side 152
... widgeon , and almost constantly killed two birds with each barrel , I seldom killed more with the cartridge . But the advantage of the cartridge is found in actually killing your birds , there being no plunging or diving in the water ...
... widgeon , and almost constantly killed two birds with each barrel , I seldom killed more with the cartridge . But the advantage of the cartridge is found in actually killing your birds , there being no plunging or diving in the water ...
Side 153
Christopher Idle (pseud.) in very severe weather was the black widgeon , which the French call ' pilet . ' The flights of these are large , there being sometimes as many as from twenty to fifty together . They are very tough and ...
Christopher Idle (pseud.) in very severe weather was the black widgeon , which the French call ' pilet . ' The flights of these are large , there being sometimes as many as from twenty to fifty together . They are very tough and ...
Side 154
... widgeon , the weed of which they are fond being produced in abundance , the opportunity for sport is sure to present itself most favourably whenever the moon , tide , and wind may be suitable . But even in the daytime wildfowl of all ...
... widgeon , the weed of which they are fond being produced in abundance , the opportunity for sport is sure to present itself most favourably whenever the moon , tide , and wind may be suitable . But even in the daytime wildfowl of all ...
Side 155
... widgeon are partial . In these two lochs there . were about a thousand widgeons ; they made their appearance at the end of October , and remained during the winter . When occasionally disturbed by boats , or by the arrival of vessels ...
... widgeon are partial . In these two lochs there . were about a thousand widgeons ; they made their appearance at the end of October , and remained during the winter . When occasionally disturbed by boats , or by the arrival of vessels ...
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