Mountain, Meadow, & Mere: A Series of Outdoor Sketches of Sport, Scenery, Adventure and Natural HistoryHenry S. King & Company, 1874 - 226 стор. |
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... eggs - one , perhaps , the Crossing the canal , and bearing to the right , we come to Whitemere , a very pretty sheet of water , with a Swiss cottage on its marge peculiarly suited to picnic parties . This is a famous place for widgeon ...
... eggs - one , perhaps , the Crossing the canal , and bearing to the right , we come to Whitemere , a very pretty sheet of water , with a Swiss cottage on its marge peculiarly suited to picnic parties . This is a famous place for widgeon ...
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... eggs , which are thus prevented from rolling out when the reeds bend before the wind . It is slightly but strongly made , chiefly of coarse grasses , and the eggs are of a mottled , greenish brown . In seeking the nests the wader must ...
... eggs , which are thus prevented from rolling out when the reeds bend before the wind . It is slightly but strongly made , chiefly of coarse grasses , and the eggs are of a mottled , greenish brown . In seeking the nests the wader must ...
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... eggs are generally three in number , and of a yellowish olive brown , spotted with darker brown ; but , as in the case of the guillemot's egg , there is great variety in the colour . Sometimes they are of light , unspotted blue . The ...
... eggs are generally three in number , and of a yellowish olive brown , spotted with darker brown ; but , as in the case of the guillemot's egg , there is great variety in the colour . Sometimes they are of light , unspotted blue . The ...
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... eggs are laid in April and May , and by the end of June all the broods are hatched . This is the time to pay a visit ... eggs are taken instead , and are boiled and eaten cold , like lapwings ' eggs , to which they have a similar taste ...
... eggs are laid in April and May , and by the end of June all the broods are hatched . This is the time to pay a visit ... eggs are taken instead , and are boiled and eaten cold , like lapwings ' eggs , to which they have a similar taste ...
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... eggs ; but the fraud may easily be detected , as there is a decided difference in the shape of the egg , to say nothing of the colour . The right of collecting and selling the eggs used to be rented for fifteen pounds a year . I do not ...
... eggs ; but the fraud may easily be detected , as there is a decided difference in the shape of the egg , to say nothing of the colour . The right of collecting and selling the eggs used to be rented for fifteen pounds a year . I do not ...
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