 | Charles St. John - 1846 - 300 pages
...companionship which keeps them from wandering when set at liberty. Some few years back I brought K home three young wild ducks : two of them turned out...hand of any person with whom they are acquainted. The half-bred birds are sometimes pinioned, as they are inclined to fly away for the purpose of making... | |
 | 1847 - 420 pages
...season had a large family of half-bred and whole wild ducks, as the tame and wild bred freely together. The wild ducks which have been caught are the tamest...hand of any person with whom they are acquainted. The half-breds are sometimes pinioned, as they are inclined to fly away for the purpose of making their... | |
 | William Macgillivray - 1852 - 732 pages
...consequence, the next season, had a large family of halfbred and wholly Wild Ducks, as the tame and wild bred together quite freely. The Wild Ducks which have been...hand of any person with whom they are acquainted. The half-bred birds are sometimes pinioned, as they are inclined to fly away lor the purpose of making... | |
 | William Bernhard Tegetmeier - 1867 - 476 pages
...consequence, the next season, had a large family of half-bred and wholly wild ducks, as the tame and wild bred together quite freely. The wild ducks which have been...hand of any person with whom they are acquainted. The half-bred birds are sometimes pinioned, as they are inclined to fly away for the purpose of making... | |
 | William Bernhard Tegetmeier - 1867 - 440 pages
...consequence, the next season, had a large family of half-bred and wholly wild ducks, as the tame and wild bred together quite freely. The wild ducks which have been...hand of any person with whom they are acquainted. The half-bred birds are sometimes pinioned, as they are inclined to fly away for the purpose of making... | |
 | Louis Guillaume Figuier - 1873 - 772 pages
...quite freely. The Wild Ducks which have been caught turned out the tamest of all, throwing off all shyness, they follow their feeder, and will eat corn out of the hand of any one they know ; while the half-bred birds are inclined to take wing and fly away for the purpose of... | |
 | Charles St. John - 1878 - 372 pages
...strike up a companionship which keeps them from wandering when set at liberty. Some few years back I brought home three young wild ducks : two of them...hand of any person with whom they are acquainted. The half-bred birds are sometimes pinioned, as they are inclined to fly away for the purpose of making... | |
 | Charles William G. St. John - 1878 - 374 pages
...the tamest of all; throwing off all their natural shyness, they follow their feeder, and will eat com out of the hand of any person with whom they are acquainted. The half-bred birds are sometimes pinioned, as they are inclined to fly away for the purpose of making... | |
 | 1881 - 474 pages
...The wild ducks which have been caught are the tarmst of all; throwing off all 2 D 2 ' their natuial shyness, they follow their feeder, and will eat corn...hand of any person with whom they are acquainted.' * As every animal should be made the most of when once it is obtained, I take leave to throw out here... | |
 | 1881 - 468 pages
...all ; throwing off all 2 D 2 * their natuial shyness, they follow their feeder, and will eat com ' out of the hand of any person with whom they are acquainted.' * As every animal should be made the most of when once it is obtained, I take leave to throw out here... | |
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Some few years back I brought home three young wild ducks : two of them turned out to be drakes. I sent away my tame drakes, and, in consequence, the next season had a large family of half-bred and whole wild ducks, as the tame and wild breed together... 
