The Field Book: Or, Sports and Pastimes of the United Kingdom: Compiled from the Best Authorities, Ancient and ModernEffingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1833 - 616 pages |
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... female is of a brownish - colour , inclining to grey where the male is black ; cheeks and sides of the neck siskin green or oil green ; and all the rest of her plumage is of a more dingy colour than in the male . Size of the redpole ...
... female is of a brownish - colour , inclining to grey where the male is black ; cheeks and sides of the neck siskin green or oil green ; and all the rest of her plumage is of a more dingy colour than in the male . Size of the redpole ...
Page 19
... female archers , about the middle of the fifteenth century , are represented . It was usual , when the ladies exercised the bow , for the beasts to be confined by large inclosures , surrounded by the hunters , and driven in succession ...
... female archers , about the middle of the fifteenth century , are represented . It was usual , when the ladies exercised the bow , for the beasts to be confined by large inclosures , surrounded by the hunters , and driven in succession ...
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... female ( which the na- tives call the Queen of the Auks ) was killed just before Mr. Bullock's arrival . The King , or male , Mr. Bullock had the pleasure of chasing for several hours , in a six - oared boat , but without being able to ...
... female ( which the na- tives call the Queen of the Auks ) was killed just before Mr. Bullock's arrival . The King , or male , Mr. Bullock had the pleasure of chasing for several hours , in a six - oared boat , but without being able to ...
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... female bullfinch answers the purpose of a call - bird as well as the male , which is not experienced in any other ... females , not only by their superior size , but by a great swelling of their vent , which commences on the first ar ...
... female bullfinch answers the purpose of a call - bird as well as the male , which is not experienced in any other ... females , not only by their superior size , but by a great swelling of their vent , which commences on the first ar ...
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... females , but this is not peculiar to them . When the tit - larks are caught in the begin- ning of the season , it frequently happens that forty are taken and not one female among them , and probably the same would be ob- served as to ...
... females , but this is not peculiar to them . When the tit - larks are caught in the begin- ning of the season , it frequently happens that forty are taken and not one female among them , and probably the same would be ob- served as to ...
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