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Side vi
Young have no ring . — The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . –
Frequents the mountain burn and moor loch . — Comes down in winter to larger
streams . - Congregate at that time . — Sometimes feed on very minute
substances .
Young have no ring . — The river ouzel also a bird of solitude in spring . –
Frequents the mountain burn and moor loch . — Comes down in winter to larger
streams . - Congregate at that time . — Sometimes feed on very minute
substances .
Side 59
Another winter , my notice was attracted by just such a ripple in a quiet stream ,
and again I detected the ousel at his secret meal . The water in both cases was
very bright , but without a microscope it could not be discovered whether the ...
Another winter , my notice was attracted by just such a ripple in a quiet stream ,
and again I detected the ousel at his secret meal . The water in both cases was
very bright , but without a microscope it could not be discovered whether the ...
Side 62
During the latter end of autumn , and the whole of winter , no sign of life is to be
seen in this retired standing pool ; but about the middle of February , if the
weather is mild and the sun warm , a slight shaking noise lets me know that the
frogs ...
During the latter end of autumn , and the whole of winter , no sign of life is to be
seen in this retired standing pool ; but about the middle of February , if the
weather is mild and the sun warm , a slight shaking noise lets me know that the
frogs ...
Side 98
I found two myself in the grounds of Park - place in Berkshire , where a few
stockdoves flock and roost with the ring - doves every winter . I had several times
seen one of the pairs before the hatching time . They were very wild , and flew
more ...
I found two myself in the grounds of Park - place in Berkshire , where a few
stockdoves flock and roost with the ring - doves every winter . I had several times
seen one of the pairs before the hatching time . They were very wild , and flew
more ...
Side 183
This winter dress prevents the animal from being readily seen , when the coverts
are thin and bare , and the trees stript of their leaves , and is one among the
thousand provisions for these creatures , so defenceless and so often assailed ,
by ...
This winter dress prevents the animal from being readily seen , when the coverts
are thin and bare , and the trees stript of their leaves , and is one among the
thousand provisions for these creatures , so defenceless and so often assailed ,
by ...
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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,