The Shot-gun and Sporting Rifle: and the Dogs, Ponies, Ferrets (etc.) Used with Them in the Various Kinds of Shooting and Trapping. By Stonehenge (pseud.)Routlodge, Warne, 1859 - 448 pages |
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... appearance , and I shall therefore do little more than allude to its habits . The length of the cock bird averages twelve inches and a half , the female being generally a little smaller . The latter is also distinguished by having the ...
... appearance , and I shall therefore do little more than allude to its habits . The length of the cock bird averages twelve inches and a half , the female being generally a little smaller . The latter is also distinguished by having the ...
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... appearance of a higher order of mental power . Both the cock and hen will perform the most curious gyrations , turning and twisting about with apparently a broken wing , just as if they were in the agonies of death . This of course ...
... appearance of a higher order of mental power . Both the cock and hen will perform the most curious gyrations , turning and twisting about with apparently a broken wing , just as if they were in the agonies of death . This of course ...
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... appearance is too well known to need description , but it may be mentioned that buff and pied varieties are by no means uncommon , a pure white bird being also sometimes met with . Pheasants are fond of thick underwood , especially ...
... appearance is too well known to need description , but it may be mentioned that buff and pied varieties are by no means uncommon , a pure white bird being also sometimes met with . Pheasants are fond of thick underwood , especially ...
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... appearance . The cheeks pale wood brown , spotted with dark brown ; the forehead to the top of the head greyish brown , occiput and nape rich dark brown , transversely divided into three nearly equal patches by two bars of yellow wood ...
... appearance . The cheeks pale wood brown , spotted with dark brown ; the forehead to the top of the head greyish brown , occiput and nape rich dark brown , transversely divided into three nearly equal patches by two bars of yellow wood ...
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... appearances of shots which are offered to you . The variation is between a shot going right away , and one crossing you either more or less ; but in woodcock shooting there is an almost endless variety of shots offered , very seldom ...
... appearances of shots which are offered to you . The variation is between a shot going right away , and one crossing you either more or less ; but in woodcock shooting there is an almost endless variety of shots offered , very seldom ...
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adopted animal ball barrel beak better birds black grouse bore breech breech-loader breed bullet carrion crow cartridge centre chamber charge of powder cock colour common snipe dark brown deer described drachms eggs explosion fawn colour feathers female fired friction grey greyish grooves ground grouse half head HEN HARRIER inches iron keeper killed kind latter Lefaucheaux legs and toes length lever loader loading lock male mode mould muzzle muzzle-loader neck needle NEEDLE GUN nest nipple ordinary ounces pale patch percussion pheasants piece plug plumage poacher pointer rabbits ramrod recoil red deer red grouse reddish brown retriever rifle scear Scotland screw season shooter shooting shot shot-gun side snipe spaniels sportsman stoat streak surface tail coverts terrier Toho trap tridge upper velocity vermin weight wing woodcock yards young birds
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