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Side 91
The wings of the ivy owl are not so long in proportion to its body and tail as those
of the white ; neither is its flight so buoyant , although equally soft and spectre like
. It is thus less formed for beating a large extent of country for mice , and must ...
The wings of the ivy owl are not so long in proportion to its body and tail as those
of the white ; neither is its flight so buoyant , although equally soft and spectre like
. It is thus less formed for beating a large extent of country for mice , and must ...
Side 143
Numbers were seen , dead and dying of starvation , among the plantations which
skirted the sea , even the sea - worm having failed about the end of that long.
continued storm . The passages of the woodcocks , either at evening flight , or
from ...
Numbers were seen , dead and dying of starvation , among the plantations which
skirted the sea , even the sea - worm having failed about the end of that long.
continued storm . The passages of the woodcocks , either at evening flight , or
from ...
Side 145
Some will make it their rule to pitch down after taking one stretch across ; others ,
by wheeling about , take two ; while a few lazy ones may content themselves with
a flight only half through the wood . If flushed a second time , however , their ...
Some will make it their rule to pitch down after taking one stretch across ; others ,
by wheeling about , take two ; while a few lazy ones may content themselves with
a flight only half through the wood . If flushed a second time , however , their ...
Side 146
The evening flight of the woodcock is rather earlier than the wild duck's . The
shrill chirp of the blackbird is a good warning bell when to expect them . This
chirpy scream of the blackbird generally begins a little bef re dusk ; the
woodcocks fly ...
The evening flight of the woodcock is rather earlier than the wild duck's . The
shrill chirp of the blackbird is a good warning bell when to expect them . This
chirpy scream of the blackbird generally begins a little bef re dusk ; the
woodcocks fly ...
Side 185
When routed , by daylight , from a ferny dingle or a heathery brae , its flight is
more like a leaf driven by the wind , than the spontaneous movements of a bird .
Very different is its bearing in the dewy twilight of a cloudless day . It will then fly ...
When routed , by daylight , from a ferny dingle or a heathery brae , its flight is
more like a leaf driven by the wind , than the spontaneous movements of a bird .
Very different is its bearing in the dewy twilight of a cloudless day . It will then fly ...
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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 |