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45 ROCK AND RIVER OUSELS . Rock ousels gregarious in autumn . - Feed on
fruit . — Hatch in low bushes on lonely waste ground . — Young have no ring . —
The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . – Frequents the mountain burn ...
45 ROCK AND RIVER OUSELS . Rock ousels gregarious in autumn . - Feed on
fruit . — Hatch in low bushes on lonely waste ground . — Young have no ring . —
The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . – Frequents the mountain burn ...
Side 67
When the Hoopers come to the loch they are generally first observed at this part
of Inch Moan , but to get a shot is next to impossible , as they can sound the
bottom at the distance of several hundred yards from the land , and seldom feed ...
When the Hoopers come to the loch they are generally first observed at this part
of Inch Moan , but to get a shot is next to impossible , as they can sound the
bottom at the distance of several hundred yards from the land , and seldom feed ...
Side 94
Perhaps one reason for the supposition may be , that numbers congregate in the
autumn and beginning of winter , under beech trees , to feed upon the mast , and
when this is all devoured they separate in search of other food . The first signal ...
Perhaps one reason for the supposition may be , that numbers congregate in the
autumn and beginning of winter , under beech trees , to feed upon the mast , and
when this is all devoured they separate in search of other food . The first signal ...
Side 97
It was a pleasure to feed them every morning after breakfast . One day a ring -
dove most unexpectedly appeared and claimed a share of the barley . At first he
was rather shy , but in a week or so became the boldest of the company . For two
...
It was a pleasure to feed them every morning after breakfast . One day a ring -
dove most unexpectedly appeared and claimed a share of the barley . At first he
was rather shy , but in a week or so became the boldest of the company . For two
...
Side 171
corn districts , such as Lanarkshire , Renfrewshire , and the border counties , the
grouse are a very light brown , borrowing a tint from the stubbles on which they
delight to feed . Snaring grouse in these counties on the “ stooks , " with wire no ...
corn districts , such as Lanarkshire , Renfrewshire , and the border counties , the
grouse are a very light brown , borrowing a tint from the stubbles on which they
delight to feed . Snaring grouse in these counties on the “ stooks , " with wire no ...
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Side 1 - Fortunately for mankind, as some counterbalance to that wretched love of novelty which originates in selfishness, shallowness, and conceit, and which especially characterizes all vulgar minds, there is set in the deeper places of the heart such affection for the signs of age that the eye is delighted even by injuries which are the work of time...
Side i - THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. Containing Minute Instructions in all Highland Sports, with Wanderings over Crag and Correi, Flood and Fell. By JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq. Third Edition. 8vo, with Illustrations, 12s. 6d. SALMON-CASTS AND STRAY SHOTS: Being Fly-Leaves from the Note-Book of JOHN COLQUHOUN, Esq., Author of * The Moor and the Loch,
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | Rocks and Rivers, Or, Highland Wanderings Over Craig and Correi, "flood and Fell" |
| Forfatter | John Colquhoun |
| Utgiver | John Murray, 1849 |
| Original fra | Princeton University |
| Digitalisert | 20. feb 2008 |
| Lengde | 185 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |