Rural Sports, Volume 2Bunny and Gold, 1801 |
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Page 33
... wing takes to the Eastern shores of Great Britain , and fills every Bay and Creek with its numbers ; the other pushes on towards Yarmouth , the great and ancient mart of Herrings ; they then pass through the British Channel , and after ...
... wing takes to the Eastern shores of Great Britain , and fills every Bay and Creek with its numbers ; the other pushes on towards Yarmouth , the great and ancient mart of Herrings ; they then pass through the British Channel , and after ...
Page 140
... wings . In Season from April to July . No2.Green Drake , among stones by Rivers side , has a yellow body ribbed with green , is long and slender , his wi ngs like a Butterflies , his tail turns on his back . Very good from May to ...
... wings . In Season from April to July . No2.Green Drake , among stones by Rivers side , has a yellow body ribbed with green , is long and slender , his wi ngs like a Butterflies , his tail turns on his back . Very good from May to ...
Page 160
... wing , & c . In the fourth partition , papers folded nearly its length , one contain- ing feathers from the upper side ... wings ; amongst the dubbings , these should always find a place , viz . The soft down from a young Hedge - hog's ...
... wing , & c . In the fourth partition , papers folded nearly its length , one contain- ing feathers from the upper side ... wings ; amongst the dubbings , these should always find a place , viz . The soft down from a young Hedge - hog's ...
Page 190
... wings , which in their infant state are shorter , but soon extend longer than the body . This is usually called the Stone - fly , and in Wales the Water - cricket , from its similitude to that insect . " The several kinds of Cadews in ...
... wings , which in their infant state are shorter , but soon extend longer than the body . This is usually called the Stone - fly , and in Wales the Water - cricket , from its similitude to that insect . " The several kinds of Cadews in ...
Page 192
... wings , and of a light cinnamon colour , this fly is called in the North the large light brown , and in Ireland the flame coloured brown , and in some other places , from its smell , the large fatid light brown ; the figure of the husk ...
... wings , and of a light cinnamon colour , this fly is called in the North the large light brown , and in Ireland the flame coloured brown , and in some other places , from its smell , the large fatid light brown ; the figure of the husk ...
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