Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny & Gold, 1802 |
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Page 193
... feed near the tops , the weather , although cloudy and drizzling , will clear away by degrees , and terminate in a fine day ; but if they feed in the bottoms , the rain will continue and increase . Geese and Ducks more noisy , and ...
... feed near the tops , the weather , although cloudy and drizzling , will clear away by degrees , and terminate in a fine day ; but if they feed in the bottoms , the rain will continue and increase . Geese and Ducks more noisy , and ...
Page 156
... feed morn and eve , and in the mid- dle of the day bask in the sun , which , like our Ptar- migan , they seem not to dread , calling to one another in the morning with a loud but interrupted note , feeding in the intervals , and then ...
... feed morn and eve , and in the mid- dle of the day bask in the sun , which , like our Ptar- migan , they seem not to dread , calling to one another in the morning with a loud but interrupted note , feeding in the intervals , and then ...
Page 236
... feed , without being too close and touching each other . After the food was divided into three pans , it very rarely happened that the smallest animosity was seen , although the birds were narrowly watched , in order to ascertain the ...
... feed , without being too close and touching each other . After the food was divided into three pans , it very rarely happened that the smallest animosity was seen , although the birds were narrowly watched , in order to ascertain the ...
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