 They had a tame decoy bird, and a net with them, and whenever they found a likelylooking place they tethered the decoy bird to the ground, and set up their net close by. They had not long to wait before the kingfisher, which looked on that part of the...  Natural History, Sport, and Travel - Сторінка 181автори: Edward Dowdeswell Lockwood - 1878 - 284 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
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...had been prowling about the country, catching the birds in the pairing season. They had a tame decoy, and a net with them, and whenever they found a likely-looking...against the net, which entangled him in its folds " (Nat. Hist., Sport, and Travel, p. 186).* * Mr J. Davidson informs me, independently, that there... | |
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